After a recent full-day of training with churches I was reading the evaluations that we hand out at the end of the seminar. One comment caught my eye and I began to wonder how what I taught was being processed, by not only this person, but possibly.
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For over ten years, FreeColorPrinters has helped over 50,000 organizations bring professional quality color printing in-house. Awana Missionaries Brion and Connie Frakes, needed to enliven their training materials.
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Is your church struggling to reach your local community? Does it seem like every event, service project, or outreach attempt falls flat? Are you frustrated that you just can't seem to break through and connect with those in your community - no matter
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Moody Bible Institute has a burden and passion for pastors. Each year, the campus is host to one of the premiere conference events for pastors from a variety of denominations and from all over the globe. Through some of the most gifted communicators
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Awhile back I was talking to a pastor friend who, besides leading a healthy, growing church here in the states, does a lot of ministering to pastors all over the world. He told me about a group of churches he was familiar with in a certain part of
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Let me tell you a story about two churches that appear the same, from a similar socio-economic status, the pastors even went to the same seminary, and they preach in nearly identical ways. The service styles are so similar you could listen to a
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When I first started playing keyboards in church, it was piano and organ all the way: traditional worship. For added thrills, the music director might whip out a trombone or trumpet and play a descant on the last verse of the hymn. The organist and
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Chronologically the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia should be The Magician's Nephew. In it, Uncle Andrew, the 'magician' who discovers the original 'doorway' into Narnia, repeatedly asserts that he is more important than others. He tells his
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What is the key to serving God? Is it taking the good things He has to offer, the things that we are comfortable with, and leaving the rest behind? Is it a spiritual Golden Corral? What is the key to true worship? Is it taking the elements (singing,
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How can you avoid being double-minded? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about confusion and doubt vs. wisdom and trust. (John 5:30, James 1:17, James 1:5-6)
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Would you like to sharpen your children's observation skills, give them a healthy outlet to express their emotions, and help them develop an intimate relationship with God? By teaching them how to keep a journal, you can encourage growth in all of
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encourage you to set a very simple goal for your kids. That goal is to find one thing that God is telling them through your pastor's sermon. While some may think that goal is too simplistic, it works.
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Across the country, youth workers express alarm about the large numbers of students who ditch their faith when they go to college. College pastors share their burden. As director of The Ivy Jungle Network, a resource for campus ministers, I talk to
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Could God use you to reach people for Christ via the Internet? The answer may surprise you! I'm no techie!
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Questions of Faith. Picture the scene. You're discussing your faith with a coworker or neighbor, perhaps over lunch or coffee. You explain your beliefs but your friend has questions: How could a loving God allow evil and suffering? The Bible is full
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