Five Ways To Bless Your Neighbors
A video for this week`s Church Health Thursday! Coolio! Marc McAlister Director of Church Health
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A video for this week`s Church Health Thursday! Coolio! Marc McAlister Director of Church Health
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I’ve recently been getting a lot of emails and seeing a lot of articles about how “Invite a Friend” Sunday can help your church grow. Let me be honest, my initial response is to scoff, call it a lame idea that will never work and rant about it being out-dated
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In response to the abundance of articles that keep trying to tell us what is going to change, Rich Birch takes time to remind us of the things that aren’t likely to change. Read Rich Birch’s, “9 Things That Will Still Be True for Your Church in 10 Years.”
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The more I read and learn about church health, church renewal and church revitalization, the more I become convinced that prayer is a major component of it all. And I know, I know – that seems like such an obvious pastor/ leader thing to say but hear me out. If
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“One of the most unfortunate but telling aspects of social media is the way many Christians use it with little concern for how it reflects on them or their Savior. Often times they are unconcerned with the truth, haphazardly sharing demonstrably false news stories. Other times, they wrongly believe as
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The past few months I have spent a lot of time reading and thinking about prayer. I realize I should also have spent time praying about prayer but sadly that didn’t dawn on me until I sat down to write this. And that’s the problem. My prayer life is hasty,
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“Transformational discipleship involves moving from the row of chairs in your church or church pew where you are simply in proximity to one another, to sitting in circles, to then being in community with one another.” – Ed Stetzer “5 Essential Elements of a Transformational Small Group Environment,” gives us things
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Springarama is a women’s conference held in Eastern Ontario and organized by Women’s Ministries International (WMI). This year’s theme was “Spring Up and Clean Up” based on Psalm 51:10, “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God.” I first looked to the WMI’s mission statement to gain insight into what
More help from my friends. This week’s article was forwarded to me by Sandy Crozier, FMCiC Stewardship Development Director. And yes, this is a church health issue. Check out Thom S. Rainer’s “Nine Concerns about Church Members Who Withhold Their Financial Gifts.”
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