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 …
Nate & Ruth Reutter were only moments away from having their first child while serving as missionaries along the Amazon River in Brazil. Then everything changed…most dramatically their faith in Christ and His living Word. ht Blessed | Matthew 5:4 from Moving Works on Vimeo.
The Australian Presbyterian World Mission reports on the arrival of 40,000 Bislama language New Testaments in Vanuatu. Appreciation goes to APWM and Kevin Murray for fostering and coordinating these types of efforts on our behalf. The Bislama New Testaments have arrived in Vanuatu! For those of you who don’t know about this, Vanuatu ran out …
What happens when a police sketch artist draws sight unseen images of women, firstly based on their self-description, and then, secondly, as another person describes them? Even if you don’t like their soap, this production from Dove is remarkable. Part of pastoral ministry is encouraging folk to realise how God sees them in Christ, and …
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