Leadership
Fundraising idea
From a netfriend: We sought ideas from local community and found most areas being covered by someone or some group. Not wanting to step on others toes we found that no one was making donuts. so we brought a donut machine, later a donut fryer, borrowed the mixer and bowls from the kitchen. Total cost […]
Baptists
“Bob” wrote in message Denominational affiliation speaks volumes about a person’s beliefs. I replied: Does it? Tells me hardly anything… I’ve visited Baptist Churches around the world and the only generalization you can make about them is that they claimed to follow Jesus Christ. Nothing else… Now you’re thinking – what about baptism? Good question, […]
Technology in church
A work in progress, by Alex Wegman Updated April 2004 Why? What? Where? How? Things to consider: Is there a need? Is it just a `me-too’ mentality? What equipment should we get? How will it benefit our church? What do we intend to use it for? What creative uses for technology are there within the […]
Covenant
(From a pastor-friend): Hi This discussion has been had before and Rowlands John Mark Ministries website has some interesting examples. Our church recently adopted our own covenant which is probably unique for its brevity. It is as follows: As an expression of my commitment to Jesus Christ, I commit myself to our church and its […]
Generosity is witness
Devotional Guide For the week of May 23, 2004 ETHICS WITHOUT MORALS Generosity is witness To Read: Judges 16-18 To Know: “And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every able man in whose mind the Lord had put ability, every one whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work; and they received […]
Church Covenant
“Having been led, as we believe, by the Holy Spirit of God to receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and having been baptized in accordance with Christ’s command, we do now in the presence of God and our fellow members solemnly enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ, to […]
Helping communities financially
Official opening of the Waltham Forest Credit Union Wednesday 5 May 2004 Thank you very much indeed for the chance to be here for this wonderful occasion. I thought that to begin with I’d simply tell you a little bit about why I became enthusiastic about credit unions. It started in Wales when I was […]
Why Christianity Must Change Or Die (Spong’s 12 theses)
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… Twelve Theses – John Shelby Spong from “Here I Stand” ( HarperCollins; New York:2000 pp. 468 -469) Drawn from my book Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile A Call for a New Reformation 1. Theism, as a way of defining God, is […]
Anglican Baptist Conversations
Baptist World Alliance International Conversations ACNS 3830 | ACO | 21 MAY 2004 Statement from the Anglican Communion – Baptist World Alliance International Conversations The final meeting of the Anglican Communion – Baptist World Alliance Conversations took place in Regent’s Park College, Oxford, 26 to 27 March 2004, by the kind invitation of the Principal, […]
Teamworks
By Kim Thoday Ministry is about being a team. The early Gospel tradition recounts that early in Jesus’ ministry he drew about him a team of diverse individuals. In that team there was room for a wide variety of personalities and back grounds. In the team setting Jesus was able to harness the individual gifts […]
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