Key question: Have you built a ministry that builds up people to be better servants of the Lord? Take your time. Think about all of the people who serve under you. Let things play back in your mind. We need people experiencing edification. We need people being built up within our midst. We need to [...]
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Extreme Experiences of Edification
Posted in activities, church, community, discipleship, innovations, leadership, ministry, pastors, small groups, stewardship, street ministry, works on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Study Your Word
Posted in Bible, Bible study, growth, small groups, study, tagged Bible, community, exhortation, theology, Word on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. – Colossians 3:16 (NKJV) The Word needs to take root in our hearts and souls in order to be applied by us. [...]
Each One Reach One
Posted in church, community, growth, ministry, outreach, small groups on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. – John 1: [...]
Scale Down to Start Up
Posted in books, business, change, entrepreneurship, humility, ideas, management, methods, planning, small groups, strategies, visualize, wisdom, tagged community, daily, faith, help, prayer, work on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”- Zig Ziglar Starting up a business may require you to scale down your big dream. Don’t read into that. I did not say it may require you to drop or dump your dream entirely. I just [...]
>Essentials for Evangelists
Posted in church, evangelism, methods, ministry, multimedia, outreach, pastors, small groups, street ministry, twitter, urban on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.”- Bible Dictionary There are some essentials for every evangelist. Each person who seeks to carry the Good News throughout this world, whether on a street corner or in [...]
Evangelism by the Book
Posted in Bible, Christian, church, evangelism, foreign missions, instruction, lost, methods, outreach, resources, salvation, small groups, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged Bible, fishers of men, gospel, outreach, salvation on October 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“There’s no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.” – D.L. Moody Let the Bible be your guidebook when it comes to evangelism. We don’t need gaudy gimmicks or slick slogans. We need the Bible, the inerrant Word of God, as our guide. We need to evangelize by the Book. [...]
Prayer Power
Posted in books, business, ministry, prayer, small groups, teams on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
”If you are too busy to pray then you are too busy.” -W. E. Sangster I got a copy of a book that truly changed my prayer life about 3 or 4 months ago. W.E. Sangster’s Teach Me to Pray spoke right into my personal life as well as my business life. As a [...]
Relationships = Resources
Posted in business, church, leadership, management, ministry, nonprofit, pastors, small groups, teams, volunteers on September 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here is a simple equation: Relationships = Resources. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. – John 15:4 (NIV) Relationships are the basis for new partnerships and clients. Get to [...]
Inclusion in the Body
Posted in church, discipleship, growth, leadership, ministry, pastors, small groups, teams on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Only through Him are we one.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer We need to seek growth in our individual members rather than growth in our membership. The church’s growth can stem from how the church grows each individual. Part of the responsibility in Christian leadership is to feed His sheep. We can help individuals grow on two levels: [...]
