being the church
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A Street Gang Better Than The Church?
A Pastor writes… A while back, an ex-gang member got baptized at our church. He fell in love with Jesus and turned from his old lifestyle. But after several months at the church, he stopped attending. When we asked him why he stopped attending, he answered: “I had the wrong idea of what church was…
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A Person Who Means The Most To Us, Grieves With Us
Henri Nouwen wrote, “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be…
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Wives: How Not to Change Your Man
“If today you decided you wanted to change your husband, you wouldn’t be short of resources on telling you how to do it. Just a simple Google search on “how to change your man” turns up any number of purportedly helpful blogs, articles, and commentary on how to go about fixing all the things you…
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Do We Still Need Churches?
I read the following article on whether businesses still need websites and the very last line summarizes what seems to be bubbling inside me for the past couple years about church. I suspect that many of today’s churches die if they continue in the “come and see” model. They need to move towards the “engage…
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A Powerful Move of the Holy Spirit – Britt Merrick
Britt writes… “Hundreds started rushing forward before I even finished the invitation. The front of stage area was packed and people just began to get on their knees in the aisles and at their seats (on the concrete!!)…” Read the full story: A Powerful Move of the Holy Spirit – Britt Merrick.
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Broken Down
Whatever the causes, many and varied, that lead to broken down lives, God has one solution: his church and his people. When we live in Christ-like compassion, God names us and makes us Repairers and Restorers. Read: Broken Down
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Missional Kids Ministry?
I’m looking for ministry leaders to engage in a discussion with me on how does one do missional kids ministry? How do you go from the attraction model of a “Disney-like” kids ministry to an effective life changing ministry that is geared towards mission? Or is there such a thing? Must you engage the entire…
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Going… To Provide Hope To The Hopeless
Jackie Pullinger was 22 when she started working with drug addicts in Hong Kong’s Walled City, infamous for its gangs and violence. She first went in the 1970’s and works among the drug addicts and street gangs still. Going to spread hope to the hopeless takes sacrifice. You can learn more about Jackie Pullinger here…
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ARTICLE: Ministry Movements vs. Institutions – Tim Keller |
Interesting thoughts read back in 2010… “It is natural for new churches and ministries to try very hard to stay informal, non-codified, and non-centralized. But part of what makes a movement dynamic is a unified vision, and that always requires some codification and control. As time goes on, to maintain the main engine of movement-dynamics…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 