Will Mancini in his new book, Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement (JosseyBass/Leadership Network, 2008) says visioning sometimes can be scary.
Read More >Martha Grace Reese doesn’t mince words when it comes to the E-word — evangelism. Her study of American evangelism within seven mainline churches, and the subsequent books, leaves her with strong convictions:
Read More >“Overseas missions are often used as a reason to give to the church. However, most churches and denominations have patterns in place that keep missions a small percent of actual total spending,” says Sylvia Ronsvalle.
Read More >On the Sunday morning of December 9 last year a man walked into an office of Youth With a Mission in Arvada, CO and opened fire, killing two staff members and wounding two others.
Read More >Brentwood Baptist Church sits in the heart of the Nashville, TN suburb of Brentwood, where 20,000 new residents have moved in recent years.
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“In Bell Case, Black New Yorkers See Nuances That Temper Rage,” said the April 27 headline in The New York Times, two days after the judge’s verdict that acquitted three detectives charged in the shooting of Sean Bell on Nov. 25, 2006.
Read More >Because churches are often open to their communities, most usually have at least two large open rooms.
Read More >Happy Birthday, NIV. The New International Version of the Bible celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and the National Association of Evangelicals says it is by far the most preferred translation of the Scriptures.
Read More >Anyone who maintains a church or Christian school knows that keeping buildings clean can involve a lot of dirty work.
Read More >Churches seeking to increase their Kingdom impact are in a fierce competition for people’s time and attention.
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