As some of you are aware, every week on the FMCIC website and Facebook page we post a link to what we hope is a helpful article. We do it to celebrate Church Health Thursdays – a day that I totally made up but that works. If you haven’t checked …
“But what we need to realize is that some unpleasantness inherent to a healthy local church is NOT an imperfection, but a necessary attribute of faithfulness. Here are four bitter pills that you may prefer to avoid swallowing, but should view as a sign that you’ve found a good church home. …
Bitter Pills: 4 Unpleasantries that Make for Healthy Churches Read More
“You cannot love Jesus and not obey him. Stated inversely, you cannot disregard the Great Commission and claim to love Jesus. The command is simple—go and make disciples. Ask yourself, “Am I currently making disciples of others?” If not, why not ask yourself, “Will I today commit myself to beginning …
While at General Conference I had the opportunity to catch up with Darryl Dozlaw and if you watch this handy video blog you too will be caught up on Darryl and Vonda’s church planting journey.
On his blog, The Exhange, Ed Stetzer recently posted “5 Reasons Established Churches Should Plant Churhes.” This is a discussion that churches need to be having even though it may be a challenging one – in a good way! This Health Church Thursday is for you Jared! Click here …
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Hello there friends, Our website has recently undergone a full renovation. We are now using a responsive web design . . . one website “view-able” on many devices. One of the most appealing aspects of responsive web design is that a responsive website can provide …
Back in March I wrote “Woman at the Well”, the story of how Penny Flaro met Jesus through the ministry of one of our churches. I want to tell more of these “good news” stories because there is so much encouraging, good, God glorifying stuff happening in our movement that …
I am hoping Thom Rainer’s book, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, is a helpful resource. Some of the blog posts that came out of the research for that book sure have been good. This may be the summer of Rainer here at Church Health Thursday. Click here to read Thom …
Five Common Characteristics of Churches That Survived a Near Death Experience Read More
If you were in Sudbury, Ontario on Saturday, June 8th you would have seen groups of people throughout the city planting community gardens, cleaning up highways or restoring parks and they were all wearing white t-shirts with the words, “Elevate – Love in Motion” written in black letters across the …
