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Some Great Books for Pastors and Church Planters on Sale for a Limited Time
Here are some books that I’ve read in the past and would highly recommend especially now that is on sale for a limited time. Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated – by James Emery White. The single fastest growing religious group of our time is those who check the box next…
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Managing Church Growth: Know your Call
Acts 6:1-7 6 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews[a] among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in…
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Of God Origin
Acts 5:38-42 New International Version (NIV) 38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”…
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When the Church is a Movement
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions. – Erwin McManus
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Creativity and Relevance are Overrated
Pastor Steve Murrell reminds us of how to do church: A few days ago I tweeted the following: Creativity and relevance are way overrated. If you want a healthy church you might want to try consistency and reliability. That one got multiple re-tweets, upping my weekly re-tweet average from one to two. For those unfamiliar with the twitterverse, a re-tweet…