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Spiritual Gifts

Spiritual Gifts

This week we are exploring the topic of Spiritual Gifts. Read the following post and share your comments: Growing What Didn’t Get Zapped Know of a resource on this topic? What have you learned from your studies? Share your thoughts by submitting an article to one of the moderators.

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Church Membership

Church Membership

This week we are exploring the topic of church membership. Read the following posts and share your comments: Describing Church Membership Differently Members Who Are Not There Congregations Gone Wild: Membership Has Purpose Know of a resource on this topic? What has worked for your church? What has not worked? Share your ideas by submitting [...]

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Reaching Families

Reaching Families

This week our theme is “Reaching Families.” We’d like to share ideas for reaching not just children but entire families with the gospel and seeing them come to know Christ and join the church. One outreach ministry that targets families is

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Outlining in Microsoft Word

Outlining in Microsoft Word

This week we are featuring a series of articles by Pastor Jamie Hart on using technology in ministry. By Jamie Hart If you use Microsoft Word, chances are you have a love/hate relationship with the application. And if there is any part of MS Word that you hate, chances are it’s the numbering and outlining [...]

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Growing What Didn’t Get Zapped

Growing What Didn’t Get Zapped

By Donald A. Shirk Perhaps you are different than me, but when I became a believer I did not get zapped with a spiritual gift I never had before. I realize good and godly people hold different views on the acquisition of spiritual gifts. In this area I identify more with what Paul said about [...]

Spiritual Gifts

Spiritual Gifts

This week we are exploring the topic of Spiritual Gifts. Read the following post and share your comments: Growing What Didn’t Get Zapped Know of a resource on this topic? What have you learned from your studies? Share your thoughts by submitting an article to one of the moderators.

Fellowship: Its Center & Its Limits

Fellowship: Its Center & Its Limits

Kevin Bauder has done it again. He’s been detailing differences between conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists. It’s been an interesting series. In his last article arguing with himself.  That’s right, arguing with himself. It’s loaded with irony from that perspective, but it highlights the difficulties in making choices in these areas. He points out to himself that fellowshipping around [...]

Congregations Gone Wild: Membership Has Purpose

Congregations Gone Wild: Membership Has Purpose

G. Jeffrey MacDonald wrote an interesting piece in the New York Times last week concerning clergy and burnout. The article is based on the idea that congregations in America want to be entertained more than they want to be godly. This has put a lot of pressure on clergy who actually want to make a difference in people’s lives.

Church Membership

Church Membership

This week we are exploring the topic of church membership. Read the following posts and share your comments: Describing Church Membership Differently Members Who Are Not There Congregations Gone Wild: Membership Has Purpose Know of a resource on this topic? What has worked for your church? What has not worked? Share your ideas by submitting [...]

Members Who Are Not There

Members Who Are Not There

Many times people join a church, attend for a while, and then fall off the face of the earth. How do churches handle lack of attendance from their members? Do those people remain members and get counted among the membership? (For instance, a church has a regular attendance of 50, but has 250 members on paper.) Many churches [...]