Be consistent.I’ve outlined the importance of consistency in leadershiphere. But beyond that, churches must be consistent as well. Remain consistentin themission, purpose, culture, plan, and apostolic identity. Insist on excellence.I’ll never understand why some churches develop the mindset that ...
Take your grandkids to the rescue mission to serve. Enlarge the hearts of your church. Church – “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.” Acts of the Apos...
We are a small vibrant Christian community with a passion for mission. Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion Get Directions 2024 36 Why don’t we spend time with God? I’m reading through some daily devotionals from Newel Hillis in his book called “Facts of the Matter”. Here are his ...
When writing your new church’s mission statement, follow the steps featured in our guide fornonprofit mission statements. Your mission statement should encompass your vision for your new church, act as a guiding force for the church itself, and will help your church plant to blossom down the ...
The Warrior can become so fixated on one mission that he fails to see peripheral problems emerging. Their shock and awe tactics sometimes result in collateral damage. The Warrior, without the help of the Holy Spirit, can be unforgiving, vengeful, and overpowering. The Warrior wrestles with the...
SIMION: If we cooperate and your Pan-African mission succeeds, it will be at our expense. Are we sacrificial lambs for a new diversity policy? You will always want our ethnic members to feed into regional programs. What we have achieved here may be slow, but it is organic—not forced. ...
All persons are encouraged to participate in the life, leadership, ministry and mission of this church as we seek to grow together in a safe, nurturing community of faith. What is made clear in the second paragraph of this covenant is that “. . .persons of every sexual orientation, gender...
Three travelers bearing gifts to a Child whose future mission they cannot comprehend. A mission which resulted in excruciating death and glorious resurrection. The beautiful Church of the Incarnation in Montefrio, Spain was the setting for Ms. Malinda K. Reese’s singing of the 1300 year old ...
purchasing of a building for believers to meet in is not inherently wrong [remember, if its needed for mission it’s o.k.] but to then view that as ‘local church’ which the missionary needs to tithe to in order to be in obedience to the ‘local church’ is confusing the spiritual...
By show of hands, how many of you know the three things that were referred to in what we used to call “the three-fold mission of the Church”? Some years ago, a fourth item was added to that list. I am very sorry to report—and I apologize to all of you—that from a leadershi...