Leadership
Death Of The Church
A new minister in a small Oklahoma town spent the first four days desperately calling on the membership, begging them to come to his first services . . . He failed. He placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that as the church was dead, it was his duty to give it a decent […]
Church Services
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… > Church is, as Alan Watts stated, a bunch of people staring past each others > heads listening to a boring sermon and singing crappy songs while turning > their brains off. Why would I want to go???? G’day Mark, I’m a long-time a.r.c-er who’s been absent for a […]
Barth On Preaching
I recently came across the following statement concerning Karl Barth and how he understood the task of preaching:. “Barth seems to conceive of the preacher as someone without dates in history who is seeking to hear just what the biblical texts said of old, and who, having heard, stands up to pass on precisely what […]
Ten Suggestions For Adding Value To Your Preaching
TEN SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDING VALUE TO YOUR PREACHING 1. Identify the kind of literature you are preaching from, and let it have at least some influence on your sermon structure/content. You may want to familiarise yourself with How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth (someone has borrowed my copy but I think it’s […]
Feeding Sheep Or Amusing Goats (Spurgeon)
An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence that the most shortsighted can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years it has developed at an abnormal rate, even for evil. It has worked like leaven until the whole lump ferments. The devil has seldom done […]
Church And Soccer Clash During World Cup
English Churches Postpone Worship – “Make Jesus the Center Forward of your Life” London, May 28 (idea) Soccer and church will clash during the upcoming World Cup in East Asia. England’s opening match versus Sweden kicks off in Saitama (Japan) at Sunday worship prime time: 10.30 a.m. As millions of Britons will be glued […]
Purpose-Driven Churches
Religion Today Feature Story a close-up look at the people, issues and events making news http://news.crosswalk.com Purpose-Driven Church Conference Draws Pastors From Across America and Points Beyond By Mark Ellis, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service Several thousand church leaders swarmed the spacious grounds of the Saddleback Church mega-campus last week seeking to replicate the potent […]
Change And The Church
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-108 (Book Review) CHANGE AND THE CHURCH by Peter Corney How to initiate and manage constructive change in the local church Peter Corney says that there are five typical responses to change: Victim: ‘Why are they doing this to me…?’ Fugitive: ‘Well if they’re going to do that, I’m leaving.’ Survivor: ‘I […]
What Is Independent Thinking?
by Sharon Presley, Ph.D., Executive Director, RIT The Oxford Unabridged Dictionary offers many definitions of independent, including “not depending on the authority of others” and “not dependent on others for forming an opinion.” Making up your own mind, in other words. But what does that really mean? Does it mean forming an opinion without input […]
Churches That Abuse
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message . > Churches that Abuse; Ronald M. Enroth. ISBN 0-310-53290-6 G’day Mark, Have you read the sequel – “Recovering from Churches That Abuse.” This was a significant book for me and helped me deal with a number of issues in regard to my previous experience. It’s worth noting that Enroth […]
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