Becoming an inviting church (Jn. 1.35-51)
John 1:35-51 Becoming an inviting churchIntroduction – ref Tom S. Rayner, Billy Graham School of Mission – 80% would come if invited / 21% invite…
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Church in the marketplace (Matt. 5.13-16)
Matthew 5:13-16 Church in the marketplaceIntroduction – E Stanley Jones, no.1 problem of church = irrelevance (not meaningfully connected with the real world outside, therefore…
Contemplating Christ
The season of Lent, known in the traditional Christian calendar as the 40 days before Easter Sunday, not including Sundays, lasts from Ash Wednesday to…
City Harvest to co-own Suntec
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_499058.htmlby Esther Teo (ST, 7 Mar 2010)Amid cheers from the congregation, City Harvest Church (CHC) yesterday announced that it will pay $310 million to become…
Youth need truth, not ‘easy believism’
Apologists gathered on an AFA broadcast “Church Dropout: Overcoming the Youth Exodus” to discuss the pervasive problem of youths leaving the church. Those in attendance…
Real Church | Larry Crabb
Crabb, Larry. Real Church. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002.As the subtitle reads, this book explores if the real church actually exists, and what constitutes a real…
Leading the small church – misconceptions of success
Excerpts by Les Puryear on Glenn Daman’s Leading the Small Church.Misperceptions about success in the small church:1. Successful pastors are visionaries2. Successful pastors are effective…
5 hard truths for church-planters
http://theresurgence.com/series/5-hard-truths-for-plantersSummarized from a series by Dustin Neeley on The Resurgence.Truth 1: Be resilient Recognizes that God commands it (2 Tim 4:5) Learn to take a…
Living wide awake
(Postdate: I managed to visit Mosaic Church @ Los Angeles, California during a US Eastcoast roadtrip to visit family.)I attended a talk by Erwin McManus,…
Killing vision in your church
http://www.perrynoble.com/2009/10/28/ten-ways-to-kill-vision-in-your-church/by Perry Noble (28 Oct 2009) Pray really small prayers…seriously, don’t ask God for ANYTHING big. He DID put an interstate highway through a sea,…