In the USA the establishment of The Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians has just been announced. The new denomination hopes to be more faithful to Scripture than has been their experience in the Presbyterian Church (USA). From the press release: Approximately 2,150 Presbyterians representing more than 500 congregations from 49 states are gathered for The …
Tom Cannon muses on a novelty pop-song and life teaching the Scriptures to a local congregation week after week, year after year. The challenge is to keep the message fresh, because we don’t really say anything new. He begins: “All the greatest hits from the past 40 years just use four chords. Same four chords …
Participating in mgpc’s holiday program for kids it is delightful to see eight teenagers doing a lot of the work involved in making each day’s activities flow. In this post at Catalyst’s blog, Ron Edmonson suggests ten characteristics of a healthy team or organisation: A shared vision is held by all team members. Team members …
The notion of a ‘No Complaining Rule’ is not to stifle dissent or even questioning of leadership. I’ve pointed out for years that no one has the spiritual gift of pointing out a problem. Pointing out a problem is not a gift, it’s just stating the obvious. Pretty much any idiot can point out a …
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