Thom Rainer proposes a pastoral response for situations where church members respond with hurt and anger over a proposed change to the physical facilities of a church property. Even in a property that’s only fifteen years old (like mgpc’s) changing fixtures and structures can be tricky. But because ministry and mission is a fluid practice …

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Last year mgpc tripled its Sunday School attendance. This came about because we adopted a Sunday morning practice of having Sunday School after our morning worship. It has come to be important to us in understanding and practice that gathering for worship on Sunday is not the equivalent of TAFE (with good coffee), and having …

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