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Failure And Success: Two Footnotes

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-006 Rowland Croucher ———————————- ———————————- Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Luke 12:34. Abraham Lincoln experienced failure after failure – for twenty- eight years! In 1833 his business failed. In 1836 he had a nervous breakdown. He failed to be elected as speaker in 1838. He lost re- […]

Third Great Reformation Envisaged

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-008 THIRD GREAT REFORMATION ENVISAGED BY SPIRITUAL FORMATION LEADER (and seven steps towards this renewal) reported by David W. Virtue The leader of one of the fastest growing spiritual formation movements in America says a third great reformation is forming and will intensify throughout the next century. Dr. Richard Foster, founder of […]

Why Are There Not More Workers?

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-012 By George Verwer We are in contact with church and mission agencies all over the world and the one thing they all have in common is that they need WORKERS. Most are even praying for those who will come short- term and help in the task. The bigger demand is for […]

Are We Fracturing The Fellowship?

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-018 Ministry Perspectives: # 46/47 by Revd John Simpson, (General Superintendent, Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia) Good strategies for ministry are a bit like new drugs: they offer excellent outcomes initially but you can never predict the side effects. It is so easy to try new angles in the Lord’s service with […]

Authority In The Church

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There are at least _five answers_ to the question ‘who rules/ has authority in the church?’ God, apostles/prophets, the bishop, elders, and the congregation. Yes, pre-modern cultures understand an eldership / episcopal system best – and it’s the best model for turbulent times. Congregational models, when coloured by notions of democracy, are somewhat modern (despite […]

Developing A Ministry Team In The Small Church

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-022 by Glenn Daman After several meetings with the board at Townsville Community Church, Pastor John soon discovered that the majority of the board’s efforts were spent discussing who would take care of the church facilities and when repairs would be made. Whenever the pastor tried to bring issues concerning the spiritual […]

Fire In The Bones

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Fire in the bones  ¶ induction of Associate Pastor (Jeremiah 20:8b-9; 1 Corinthians 9:16)Rev. Rod Benson, Blakehurst Baptist Church, Sydney Australia, 9.30 am, Sunday February 6, 2000Copyright  © 2000 Rod Benson. All rights reserved. We have gathered here today in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to express our heart-felt worship to him, to […]

Do Yourself A Favour – Encourage Your Pastor!

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During the 1980’s I was World Vision of Australia’s ‘Leadership Enhancement Consultant’ – a sort of minister-at-large. Part of my responsibility was to produce a Leadership Letter which went to more than 20,000 people. This one produced by far the greatest amount of feedback – over 600 letters. See if you can figure out why! […]

Address by Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister

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Notes of an address by Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon. John Anderson MP at the 17th Annual Melbourne Prayer Breakfast, August 25, 2000. Note from Rowland Croucher: This (I am a little ashamed to say) was the first of these prayer breakfasts I have attended. Six hundred-plus enjoyed an excellent breakfast at the Hotel […]

Recovery From Spiritual Abuse

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How You Can Help By Sharon Hilderbrant, M.A. Recently, I have read two new books that describe in detail the abusive behavior of various churches and the effects of this abuse on church members. Churches That Abuse, by Ron Enroth, and Damaged Disciples (in press), by Ron and Vicki Burks, both published by Zondervan, relate […]

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