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startchurch.com/blog/view/name/how-to-protect-your-church-offering-from-embezzlement? By: Raul Rivera The sound of Bishop Jamal’s voice over the phone was heartbreaking as he reported the embezzlement crime to the local police. Only days before, the church announced that the fundraising for its building campaign had successfully raised $500,000 to construct the church’s new sanctuary and children’s wing. The church was going […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall “The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!’” (John […]
www.startchurch.com/blog/view/name/7-big-mistakes-ministers-make-with-their-taxes? By Trey Lewis It most likely comes as no surprise that taxes can be daunting. Since the process, and even the idea, of doing our taxes is daunting, we typically pay someone else to do them for us. Taxes can especially be intimidating for ministers because if churches do not properly handle the […]
This article speaks to a trend taking place in most pastoral circles – the growth of women becoming senior pastors. IPHC from its beginning has been willing to ordain women as pastors. At least one of our conferences with which I am familiar has about 20% female pastors. This study, however, did not specifically address […]
IPHC Presiding Bishop Doug Beacham has invited Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., to speak at the upcoming General Conference in July in Orlando, Florida. Stetzer is a specialist in church planting and in church growth. He holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College and serves as Executive Director of the Billy […]
http://www.charismanews.com/world/63308-franklin-graham-issues-urgent-call-to-prayer-after-radical-islamic-threat If your church is not already doing so, I urge you this Sunday to begin the habit of praying in every Sunday morning service for the persecuted church around the world. This is especially true in the Middle East, including Egypt, where the Coptic Church is being destroyed. Please accept my challenge! – Pastor Frank […]
hughsnews.com/newsletter-posts/lighten-up-with-laughter3204007 By: Bishop Doug Beacham In this day of directional apps such as Waze and Google Maps, we have become accustomed to “alternate” routes and “recalculating.” To use an app that helps you avoid traffic snarls is indeed a blessing. But we are now full speed ahead in a world that has no shame or […]
ISRAEL IN PROPHECY I have known Glen Howard for over forty years. He has served the church at Southwestern Christian University and as a missionary with World Missions Ministries in the Philippines and in Budapest, Hungary. He was living in Eastern Europe in the 1980’s when the Soviet Union started to unravel and when Islam began its […]
Dr. Ron White serves as president of Emmanuel College. He assumed that role October 4, 2014, when Emmanuel was in an acute financial crisis. Dr. White made the decision to lead Emmanuel on his knees. I was in dialogue with Dr. White regarding his comments about my treatment of Jesus’ High Priestly prayer in […]
Many congregations will not be able to afford a lobby like the one in this picture. But take a new look at your church lobby; is it time for a remodel? – Pastor Frank christianitytoday.com/pastors/2016/august-web-exclusives/how-your-church-can-say-welcome.html?share By: The Editors, Local Church Outreach The church lobby is where first and lasting impressions are made. Yet for many years, the […]