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January 25, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Emotional healing, Family Enrichment, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/19/planned-parenthood-kills-35-of-all-of-the-unborn-babies-aborted-in-the-united-states/ By: RITA DILLER JAN 19, 2017 This week, the Guttmacher Institute came out with a new report on national abortion numbers in the United States for 2013 and 2014. For For those not familiar with abortion reporting in the United States, the official health statistics reporting agency in the country, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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January 19, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Middle East, Persecution of Christians, Shared Articles
Christianheadlines.com/contributors/debbie-mcdaniel/top-50-countries-where-persecution-of-Christians-is-strongest-open-doors By: Debbie McDaniel This past year, for the 3rd year in a row, persecution of Christians has hit a record high worldwide. Open Doors has released its 2017 World Watch List (WWL) and cites increasing concerns for Asia along with the Middle East, due to both ethnic nationalism and Islamic extremism. “The annual list examines the pressures […]
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January 19, 2017 | by Frank Tunstall | Biblical Study, Historical Study, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
http://luther2017.tv/ Released by Billion Souls Network in coordination with the Wittenburg Congress celebrating the first 500 years of the Protestant Reformation, October 30 – November 1, 2017. Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses on Castle Church door (October 31, 1517) began the second greatest event in the Church since the Day of Pentecost. From the time, he […]
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January 11, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Family Enrichment, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
thrivingpastor.com/guarding-your-schedule-and-soul-in-the-new-year-part-2 January 9, 2017 By Ted Cunningham In Part 1 of “Guarding Your Schedule (and Soul) in the New Year” we saw how God wants us to pursue ministry and enjoy a life in which time is not the enemy. Hurry kills the soul and the family so we want to pace ourselves and redeem […]
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January 11, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Church Growth, Church Legal Issues, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
startchurch.com/blog/view/name/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-donor-giving-receipts By: Raul Rivera Lindsey, the church administrator, was exhausted. She had spent the past month sifting through envelopes, check ledgers, and scraps of papers from the offering basket trying to make sense of the church donations. The church never developed detailed receipts for every donation that it received. Instead, the church thought that it […]
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January 4, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Church Legal Issues, Public Schools, Shared Articles
http://christiannews.net/2016/12/23/proposed-south-carolina-bill-would-allow-teachers-to-participate-in-student-led-prayer/ By Heather Clark For more than thirty years, Americans have been told that the government cannot express favor for one religion over another. This has been taken to mean that there is no place for those in governmental positions to express their beliefs. That means teachers and therefore prayer led by teachers has been […]
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January 4, 2017 | by Guest Authors | Church Growth, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
sermoncentral.com/pastors-preaching-articles/lance-witt-courageous-conversations–part-2 By: Lance Witt Courageous conversations is a battle of prepositions. Half of the battle is making a commitment to talk “to” not talk “about” people. Here is my track record. Hundreds of times I have talked myself out of having a courageous conversation. EVERY time I have finally had the courageous conversation, I walked […]
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December 13, 2016 | by Guest Authors | Events, Family Enrichment, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2016/november/funeral-for-cliff-barrows.html Billy Graham’s long-time song leader and choir director remembered in North Carolina By: Ed Stetzer I was at Cliff Barrows’ funeral. In ways I did not expect, the service moved me. Surprisingly, it was not because of the music (although it was amazing), but because of the life that was celebrated. I posted a […]
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December 13, 2016 | by Guest Authors | Emotional healing, Events, Family Enrichment, Pastoral Development, Sermons, Shared Articles
classic.sermoncentral.com/pastors-preaching-articles/joe-mckeever-one-question-you-must-never-ask-in-ministry-2697.asp? “Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good” (Ecclesiastes 11:6). By: Bob McKeever Disciples of Jesus Christ must never try to calculate the cost/benefit of some act […]
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November 29, 2016 | by Guest Authors | Pastoral Development, Pentecostal Revival, Prophecy, Shared Articles
charismamag.com/spirit/supernatural/28155-revivalist-i-went-to-hell-in-a-dream During this night of terror more than 25 years ago, I fell asleep in the old, empty church building and found myself dreaming. By: John Burton 11/25/2016 In my dream, I was lying on my stomach in a one-room building. It was very comfortable inside, although the room was empty. I rested on […]
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