Prioritize Reaching Students with the Gospel by Ben Trueblood on Student Ministry
"[God] has called us to reach students with the gospel. You can’t go and make disciples without going. We can’t sit in our churches hoping that it happens any longer. We must go to the lost students ...
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4 Reasons to Pursue Authentic Discipleship –
Discipleship isn't some mystical process performed in classrooms or monasteries. It's simply helping one another follow Jesus. And because we don't just follow Jesus at church, but in everyday life, making disciples is meant to be carried out in all arenas of life. Real simple, ...
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3 Reasons a Pastor Must Lead –
Sadly in many contexts, pastors either fail to exercise leadership or are stripped of their leadership. Those who fail to lead their congregations are often content to be chaplains who feverishly run from need to need without leading the flock in a particular direction. In other ...
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Leading Your Children by Example –
Ryan Rush, senior pastor at Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, Texas, discusses how the parent is a reflector of God's presence to their children. Rush points out that the way a parent lives is often the way children will view God as they grow ...
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Know What You Cannot Do: Ministry Fence Post No. 4 –
This is the fifth and final blog post in a series regarding pastors developing healthy boundaries in their ministry. I'm sharing four key points in the process, thinking of them as four fence posts around a healthy ministry.
I have already shared the first three "posts:" ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
5 Warning Signs of Declining Church Health by Thom S. Rainer
"Many of the turnaround churches we consulted then moved to a time of corporate confession and repentance. They confessed to God their lack of obedience and their selfish desire for their own comfort."
The False ...
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