Stayed up real late last night watching the video web stream of the Church of Scotland’s Assembly. The debate of the day dealt a report on same sex relationships which the Assembly had commissioned in 2011. There is a link to the report, along with some background and analysis of its recommendations here. Anyway, watching …
May 19 will be observed by part of the Christian church as Pentecost. While the kingdom of God is one body, and has existed in all eras of human history, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon the church certainly marks the beginning of our current period of mission and ministry. If one chooses …
At Thom Rainer’s blog, Chuck Lawless offers these ten characteristics of churches that experienced turnarounds after periods of decline. Their presence should be a cause of hope in churches who aspire for fruitful growth. The leader is preaching the Bible. Numerical growth can occur without preaching the Word, but genuine personal and congregational transformation doesn’t …
Preachers should take more satisfaction from their sermons being a means of change in people’s lives rather than people simply being able to remember their detail. Now this shouldn’t be seen as an either/or situation. Hopefully we’re striving for a both/and. But pastors should be more encouraged about the steady growth of a local church …
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