jonathanherron.com/2016/08/24/church-drifting-stuck-try-change-within By: Jonathan Herron What do you do if you’re a frustrated support staff member of a visionless church? Do you try to change things from within? THE QUESTION: Hi Jonathan, I was at the Youth Workers Retreat that you spoke at last weekend, and I had a follow up question for you. First of […]
newsmallchurch.com/5-steps-take-youve-said-something-stupid-public/ By: Karl Vaters Every time I preach there’s a chance I’ll say something stupid. Sometimes my mistakes are harmless, like when I quoted God at the burning bush telling Moses, “Take off your feet, you’re standing on holy ground.” Other times people get hurt. Sometimes the very people I’m trying to help. Now that […]
www.sermoncentral.com/pastors-preaching-articles/lance-witt-the-overwhelming-majority-of-pastors-dont-have-one By: Lance Witt 9-5-2016 Imagine a day in your future. You are now seventy or seventy-five, and the pace of life has slowed. You get up early in the morning and sit in your favorite chair with a cup of coffee. The house is still and silent. No one is there but you and […]
http://www.sermoncentral.com/pastors-preaching-articles/hal-seed-will-more-invitations-result-in-more-salvations-2592.asp? By Hal Seed // PastorMentor.com For a long time I’ve wondered if there is a relationship between the number of salvations a church experiences, and the number of times it offers salvation invitations. We’ll never know for sure, but I’m conducting an experiment this year. For a long time I’ve wondered if there is […]
[Cited from Hugh’s News and Commentary.] September 5, 2016 I am writing on behalf of the Council of Bishops of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. Our denomination dates from 1898 and we have congregations and members in forty-eight of the fifty states of our union, as well as in one hundred countries. First, we write to express […]
charismanews.com/world/58707-george-o-wood-america-now-at-a-matthew-13-25-tipping-point? By: George O. Wood Mattthew 13:25-26: “While everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.” I feel impelled to write you this most unusual pastoral letter. I do it out of deep concern and I ask […]