Thoughts on Planting Missional Churches
Randy Brown's thoughts on Planting Missional Churches by Ed StetzerChapter 1The basis of this chapter was getting back to the basics of what it means to be a church and what type of approach we need to hav...
The Message of the Gospel
Our mission as Christians is to share the gospel with the entire world. Jesus told Peter in Matthew 16 the keys of the kingdom would be given to the church. We make up God's kingdom on earth, and we have been g...
Needs-Based Evangelism
Evangelism is not often thought of as a discipline, possibly because evangelism is often left to those who are called to the ministry. Many lay people believe that one must have a particular spiritual gift in o...
Prophet and Evangelist
As a pastor, one of the roles we fulfill is that of an evangelist. We must adopt Christ's primary mission to fulfill this role completely. The ultimate purpose of Christ's ministry on earth was to seek and save...
Social Gospel
It's not that most churches haven't tried to be relevant to this generation and their communities. It certainly isn't because they have lacked creative resources or high-impact Christian events in the past deca...
Faith Development
As ministers, we need to be diligent and determined in our approach to ministering to the people we serve. We also must be this deliberate when it comes to our own spiritual growth and development. For man...
Take It on the Run
Exodus 32:1-15When God created man, he was unlike anything else God had created. Every living thing up to that point was spoken into being. God spoke and what He spoke appeared. Man on the other hand ...
Ministry in the Image of God
Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian ServiceStephen SeamandsIntervarsity Press, 2005, 189 pp., $15In Ministry in the Image of God, Seamands explores the impact of the Trinity on...
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern CulturesEddie Gibbs and Ryan BolgerBaker Academic, 2005, 352 pp., $26In Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, Gibb...
Enjoy the Journey
The spiritual journey of any individual is indeed personal. The way we achieve spiritual growth depends on what we want to gain from the experience. Transformation is the process of becoming more like Christ in...