Going Urban (0)
1/27/12 •
By Paul S. Williams The urbanization of America is in full swing. My son and his wife recently moved to Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Jonathan is going to serve as lead pastor of a new Brooklyn campus of Forefront Christian Church. He and Jubi are paying $3,500 a month for a tiny apartment above a storefront. [...]
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Giving Plate Food Ministry Growing Exponentially (0)
1/26/12 •
By Jennifer Taylor Gary and Debi Kelso, members at Real Life Christian Church (Bend, OR), created The Giving Plate in 2010. After beginning with just a few cans of tuna and a few loaves of bread (really!), the food relief and outreach ministry now provides more than 2,200 local families with a 50-pound box of [...]
Come with Us to Brazil (0)
1/25/12 •
By Mark A. Taylor Suppose you could meet for five days with Christians from around the world in fellowship and worship. Suppose you could learn from church leaders you know and from international church leaders whose important work you’d like to know about. Suppose your experience could include exuberant Latin American worship in one of [...]
Church Planting Organizations (0)
1/24/12 •
Compiled by R. Paige Mathews Christian churches and churches of Christ are committed to church planting! Just a quick look at this list will remind you that church leaders from coast to coast are working to reach non-Christians with new congregations. Church planting organizations and associations were asked to share information about their ministry beyond basic contact information. [...]
So You Want to Plant a Church? (1)
1/23/12 •
By R. Paige Mathews For 19 years, I have committed myself to an assessment process that determines if a candidate is suitable to be a new church planting leader or team member. To as few as 10-12, or as many as 70-100 candidates in a year, I have asked the question, “So you want to [...]
Lesson for Jan. 29, 2012: Israel Is Delivered from Egypt (Exodus 1-15) (0)
1/23/12 •
By Sam E. Stone For the past two months we have studied God’s covenant relationship with Abraham and his descendants. We have seen the Lord’s protection surrounding Joseph and his family as well. God’s chosen people ended up in Egypt after Jacob and his entire family moved there to escape a famine in Canaan. Time [...]
Power Planting (0)
1/22/12 •
Brent Storms became president of Orchard Group in 2009 and CEO this past July. Greg Nettle joined the Stadia team as president just a few months ago. These two young leaders recently sat down with us for a candid conversation about the future of church planting and the future of the church. Brent, what [...]
Flip-Flops and Such (16)
1/21/12 •
By Paul S. Williams I cannot stay away from the subject. I am not talking about women in ministry or the latest fad in contemporary worship. No, the subject with which I cannot make peace is the state of dress on the platform in today’s American church. This is not a column about theology. This [...]
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