I was at a banquet last night where several pastors were there to pray for the evening. One of the pastors gave the invocation for the meal and blessed the evening. As he got up to pray, before he began, he took a minute to share the Gospel. However, his sharing of the Gospel was… Continue reading How Do We Avoid Alienating Un-Believers?
I recently read this post by Ed Stetzer about churches taking advantage of recent updates to technology. How is your church taking advantage of what is available today? http://www.edstetzer.com/2011/03/churches-and-the-cloud.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Edstetzercom+(EdStetzer.com) What steps is your church taking to utilize technology to make your ministries more effective? Do you still have one computer in the secretary’s office that… Continue reading churches and ‘the cloud’
By Stephen Boster As a youth in Augusta, Georgia, a summer staple involved a trip to a Georgian or South Carolinian beach. Imagine pubescence at its finest as young man. As we parked the bus and began walking over the sand hill to the beach and open waves, I distinctly remember the youth pastor saying,… Continue reading Eyes Forward – Ministry Lusting Day 4
In the previous blog entry, I made mention of the danger of Ministry Pornography, defined as lusting after other ministries and taking my eyes of the context of where God has me serving. For the past eight years, I have been serving at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in the Kansas City, MO area. I first… Continue reading Ministry Pornography???
We just got back from the M11 conference for the Nazarene church. We really enjoyed our time there and made some great connections with churches and leaders. Really looking forward to what God has in store from those relationships formed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) | Though most churches have a website, there is a divide between congregations that use their sites only for one-way communication and those that maximize their online presence with interactive technology. That is the finding of a new LifeWay Research study sponsored by Axletree Media, one of LifeWay’s partners in its Digital… Continue reading Churches have websites but many aren’t utilizing them, LifeWay survey finds By David Roach
Got this in an email today and it was too good to pass up. THE BRICK A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.… Continue reading The Brick – Is God Getting Your Attention
We are finally getting moved into our new offices. It has been quite a process, but things are finally starting to look completed. We’ll update more photos soon but here is a quick teaser photo.
Lifeway put out a good article last week about your church and it’s openness to guests. Of course we all say we’re friendly, we all say our doors are open and inviting, and we all SAY that guests are important to us. But is that portrayed in how we’ve aligned our priorities of our worship… Continue reading Are Your Guests Willing to Come Back?
It’s that time again, the time we all tell each other how we can’t believe how fast the previous year has gone by. I will admit, 2010 has seemed to fly by. It’s amazing how we start each week on Monday and before we know it, its Friday. Time sure seems to be moving along… Continue reading How will your church reach your community in the New Year?
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