There has been lots written about the church’s involvement in the community. And rightly so. Call it being missional. Call it outward focus. Call it whatever other label you have picked up on. It’s important that we be thinking and talking about these issues. But it’s important that we do […]
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In his blog, Is There Such Thing as a Private Relationship With God?, Jarrid Wilson talks about the difference between private and personal when it comes to our relationship with God.
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As many of you will know, these are interesting days in FMCIC land. And not just “normal” interesting – you know all the regular challenges of doing ministry in our Canadian context. This is a special kind of interesting. We are in the midst of a denominational LifePlan and a
I often say nothing good happens “on the run” and nothing that lasts is built quickly. Apparently Karl Vaters agrees. Check out Vaters’ blog The Glorious Inefficiency of a Healthy Small Church.
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“Among the best ways for us to reach people with the gospel is personal evangelism and church planting. Even with all the changes in culture this remains our best option for reaching unbelievers.” – Ed Stetzer Stetzer’s More Church Planting – Not Less – Is Needed lists five things we
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“What’s the distinction between evangelism and an elevator pitch? If you look at how we actually do evangelism, can you see a real difference in practice?” Jackson Wu explores the difference in Evangelism or “Elevator Pitch”?
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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’m in the process of working my way through a Chronological Bible for my devotions. Just in case you aren’t sure, a Chronological Bible does its best to present the events of Scripture in the order they occurred – at least in the opinion of the editors and/or scholars responsible
“An author friend of mine claims our modern church methodology can reach only 30 percent of people in the West. Further, he says we have already reached those 30 percent and that we need to explore other ways to reach the 70 percent who would not attend a church gathering.
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“When the content of our songs and prayers are saturated with me-centered themes and thoughts, we are buying into the lie that worship is about us. To be sure, our faces are in the frame, but they are a spec of sand on the beach of a vast ocean of
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