The vision of the Free Methodist Church is to see a healthy church within the reach of every Canadian and beyond. Here are some of the ways that we are currently working to make that happen.
“What if your church would be better off if you had the courage to speak up and help solve problems that may plague your congregation? Can you think of a persistent issue in your church that needs to be dealt with? Why aren’t you dealing with it? Let’s focus the questions a […]
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“Coming from a large family, I know firsthand how skilled siblings are at comparing, especially when it‘s to their advantage. “His piece of cake is bigger than mine!”… “Why does she get to stay up later than I do?” As parents, you can use your children’s natural tendency to
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In his article, “Why Everybody Needs a Mentor and How to Find One“, Chuck Lawless talks about mentoring and being mentored. This same question was also part of our Integrated Discipleship Survey and Lawless’ article provides some good insight. Click here to read, “Why Everybody Needs a Mentor and
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In her blog, “Struggling To Be Accessible“, Beth Severensen reminds us about being others centered. I especially like the way she makes this an all ages thing. Click here to read, “Struggling To Be Accessible.”
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I know I repost Ed Stetzer often in this space but that’s because he has challenging things to say about what we need to pay attention to. Click here to read Ed Stetzer’s, “Loving the Lost: Churches Without the Broken are Broken Churches.”
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In his blog, “10 Ways to Know Your Church is Making Disciples” Ron Edmonson provides an interesting set of gauges to check as to whether we are becoming more like Jesus or not. Click here to read, “10 Ways to Know Your Church is Making Disciples.”
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This week I am sharing Jarrid Wilson’s blog, “8 Things Christians SHOULD Be Known For”. Jarrid Wilson does not wow us with anything new here, but he does provide a God list to take before God (and trusted others) to examine how we are doing. Click here to read, “8
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In her article, “Is It Time to Revive Art in Church?” Nancy Beach asks churches to consider a creative space for all of God’s people to use their gifts: “Every church, no matter what its size, has some artists sitting in the seats who could be invited into the grand adventure
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Word of warning…this week’s post contains a plug for a tool at the end of it. I have no idea if the tool is good or not (and we have our own stuff here on the website so I’m not sure I should be plugging other stuff). Commercial plug aside,
A wise man once said that nothing lasting takes place on the run. You can’t become more like Jesus in a hurry. You can’t have a good marriage on the run. Adam Jeske reminds us of these wise words with his thoughts on evangelism and discipleship this week: “I don’t
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