The Next Future Church Staff Position: Pastor of Community Evangelism
“I can see trends emerging and patterns developing. For that reason, I can say that the next new church staff position will be the pastor of community evangelism. For some it will be a full-time position. For others it will be part-time. And still others will have lay volunteers handling
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Good Goat Guys
The Day of Atonement was a holy day set aside for fasting, prayer confession of sin and sacrifice for sin. Two goats were required for the Day of Atonement – and a whole bunch of other stuff but I’m all about the goats right now. One goat was killed as
Conversations of Grace
One of my favorite things is turning on my laptop to discover an email inquiring if “INSERT GREAT STORY HERE” would be suitable for the FMCiC website. I recently received this type of email from Dennis Ball, the pastor at Bramalea Free Methodist Church in Brampton, ON. What’s the great
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How to Develop a Ministry of Mercy
“No matter where or how you serve God in ministry, he wants you to be an agent of mercy in the world. And the world is starved for mercy. Jesus said in Matthew 5, verse 7, “God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” In other words, what you
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Three Things This Pastor Wishes He Had Been Better At
I have the privilege of working with all kinds of churches. There are lots of differences that exist from church to church. But as unique as churches are, there are also a number of similarities that exist and surface from time to time. Some of the stuff that keeps coming
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Affordable, Accessible Churchy Stuff
The only churchy conference I have been to is the FMCiC’s 2014 General Conference. And I was busy being that annoying social media person getting in everyone’s face to get pics for Twitter and Facebook. But I did catch enough of Will Willimon to know I would like to hear
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People Won’t Commit to the Church Any More? Don’t You Believe It
“Recruiting and keeping church givers and volunteers is harder than it used to be. People keep saying it, so it must be true, right? Wrong. If I was ever tempted to tell pastors to quit whining about something, this is it. Here’s how the party line goes: It used to
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7 Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself About Church
In “7 Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself About Church“, Kristen Wetherell takes aim at the lies we tell or excuses we make/hear when it comes to church.
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Two Strategic Drifts in Churches and How to Address Them
“Organizations and churches drift away from their identity and mission. Without constant care and godly leadership, drift pulls a church from her core message and mission. A church doesn’t drift into greater health or better focus…In terms of strategy and mission, there are two common and related drifts that plague
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