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My Vision on Women
One morning I woke up with a vision of a family who is well known and loved within their community caring for orphans and widows and the homeless, but behind closed doors the daughters are mistreated. Several older daughters left the family to find freedom. The next daughter in line spoke up against the mistreatment,…
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The Church Marches On
“Where is Rome today? It is a nice tourist destination. Where is Caesar today? Nowhere to be found (although we do have the Caesar salad). They didn’t stop Christianity, because the church marches on. And Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” – Greg Laurie Source: The Church Marches On
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Over 20 Years And No Disciples?
If your church is over 20 years old and you’ve made no disciples, you know your focus is off.
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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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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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Megachurch or Homechurch?
September 1, 2010 I’ve been wrestling with what is the best and most effective ‘function’ or ‘format’ of a church? What is the most healthy? I’ve been reading authors such as Alan Hirsch and Eddie Gibbs who speak of going missional as a church rather than attractional. Recently, Francis Chan walked away from his megachurch…
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Hanging On Because You Have To
Aug 29-2010: It’s very hard to not let others’ pessimism affect you while in ministry. This has been one of those years for me. Those who are slowly dying in their faith and trust of a Big God can slowly paralyze you too if you’re not careful. You ask for prayer for families in crisis…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 