Ministry
The lead worshipper in your church is not your worship leader. It’s your pastor. And everyone on staff is a worship leader as well.
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Faith Based Frauds: The Infiltration of the Evangelical Church
Faith Based Frauds: Financial and Spiritual Frauds Who Have Infiltrated the Evangelical Church.
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Andy Stanley & Louie Giglio: A Discussion
In these three segments of the Passion Podcast, Louie Giglio and Andy Stanley, friends since middle school, talk about ministry, old times, worship, church planting, and a memorable encounter with Leonard Ravenhill. The Other Eyes Under The Bunk Bed Where it all started… a conversation with Louie Giglio and Andy Stanley, part 1 Vision,
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300 Service Projects + 20,000 Volunteers = Community Transformation
As Christians we are called to minister with our heads, hearts, and hands. One such initiative of serving the needy takes place annually in Atlanta, where churches come together for a weekend of pooling resources and reaching out to those in need. DULUTH, Ga. (Sept. 17, 2007) — There is an unusual movement throughout metro
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The Greatest Need in the American Church?
We want to know: From your perspective, what is the greatest, most crying need in the American church today? Tell us what you think. Next week we’ll begin to post some responses to this question from John Piper, Scotty Smith, Tim Keller, and other leaders.
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Rethinking Discipleship: A Framework for Discipleship in Church Planting
by Allen R. Taha Discipleship is the lifeblood of the church. Jesus’ final command is a call to discipleship: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
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Preacher Predators
Friday night ABC’s 20/20 ran a piece entitled "Preacher Predators," a six month investigation into child molesters employed by churches. The video docmentary pointed out the increasing numbers of cases where protestant ministers have abused their positions and authority to molest children and teens, and illustrated the ease with which predators move from church to
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TIME: Sugarcoated, MTV-style youth ministry is so over. Bible-based worship is packing teens in pews now
Time magazine’s current issue takes note of the trend in youth ministry away from entertainment and towards the serious study of theology among Christian youth groups. Interesting that this has made TIME Magazine, at a time when some within mainline evangelicalism still don’t seem to understand that spending hours and hours of time in goofy,
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Pews, Pulpits, Pastors, Preaching and other things that can get in the way of the church “being” the church
by Dan Kimball I just got back from speaking at an event in Kansas City on emerging worship and then went straight from there to the Youth Specialties Convention which was in Austin. I spoke 4 times there with 3 new workshops which were incredibly fun to do instead of the normal ones I have
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The Intentional Church | Randy Pope
Randy Pope pastors Perimeter Church in Duluth, a relatively young congregation north of Atlanta that is also the church home of worship leader/recording artist Aaron Shust. During the years Perimeter has earned a reputation as a body that is both theologically conservative and missionally modern. Pastors and leaders who are struggling to achieve — or