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King James continued

An extended version from the April 2011 magazine King James Version of the Bible remains most influential English translation The translation is noted for its ability to move us – its affective power – and influence through the centuries. Dr. Leland Ryken in an interview with Ronald E. Keener The King James Version of the […]

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C.S. Lewis writings added

An extended version of the April 2011 article C.S. Lewis writings added to new NRSV edition An interview with Dr. Jerry Root By Ronald E. Keener Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) even today is “arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day,” and made his name in literary criticism, children’s literature, fantasy literature, and popular […]

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Turnaround churches

Tom Ehrich is president of Morning Walk Media, New York, NY. He

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Church confidential

Often, church leaders are unsure of how to handle sensitive

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Church Diversity


Church Executive, April 2011, Volume 10, Issue 4

The April issue includes an interview with James D. Gailliard, senior pastor, Word Tabernacle Church, Rocky Mount, NC. Also the issue includes a feature about the food service ministry at 15,000-member First Baptist Orlando, as well as, features about the impact of 2010 tax laws on churches and how New Life Church has recovered from a violent shooting in 2007.

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Meet James D. Gailliard

For James Gailliard church in his youth meant “no air conditioning, wood pews

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New Life Church looked fear in the face – and won

December 9, 2007 a gunman entered New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, and killed two people in a shooting spree.Five months prior pastor Brady Boyd says he was enjoying a simple life in Dallas, TX where he was on staff at Gateway Church, “relishing the warmth of summertime,” he says in his new book, Fear No Evil: A Test of Faith, A Courageous Church, and an Unfailing God (Zondervan, 2011). He was the new senior pastor, taking over in the pastorate of Ted Haggard. He speaks unguardedly about the tragedy of that Sunday, but also of the following Wednesday when the congregation would grieve and try to find meaning in the senseless act. Calling it “Bloody Sunday,” Boyd also writes in his book: “Sunday wouldn’t define us, though, because three days later Wednesday arrived. And although I didn’t know it at the time, Wednesday would be our church’s opportunity to say to ourselves, our God, and anyone else who happened to be listening that we refused to be defined by tragedy and that hope was still ours to claim.”

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Faith, food and fellowship still top the menu after 2,000 years

Church and food have a way of going together that hasn’t diminished in more than 2,000 years. Most larger and megachurches have food services that are seen as a part of ministry and outreach, staff have been hired to give professional supervision to food preparation and events in the life of the congregation where food is an indispensable part of fellowship, and for many churches the function breaks even or it might even be a small profit center. “Jesus himself ministered at the wedding celebration, on the shores of Galilee where he and 12 volunteers and one boy fed several thousand on at least a couple of occasions,” says Marcus White, director of food service ministry at First Baptist Orlando. “He witnessed around a table with sinners and with friends and family. Not the least of which was in the upper room for the Lord’s final supper.”

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