Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Remove barriers to fellowship: Ways of welcoming that work
by Ken Walker 30 Apr 2007
Acts 2:42 describes the early church as being devoted to the apostles' teaching, to eating together, to prayer and to fellowship. The Message translates fellowship as "doing life together." While that means different things to different churches, a trio of church consultants Church Central spoke with sees many congregations faltering in fellowship.
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Latest 9Marks Newsletter is out
HOW TO PREACH
A Conversational Approach: Will it Preach? Some say monologues are “out” and conversations are “in.” Gilbart-Smith says that’s right…and wrong. By Mike Gilbart-Smith
A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum We asked a roundtable of pastors and theologians one question: "Must the sermon be a monologue?" Answers from Ajith Fernando, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Kevin Smith & Derek Thomas
A Narrative Approach: Will it Preach? Some say propositions are “out” and narrative is “in.” Driscoll says that’s wrong…and right. By Mark Driscoll
A Biblical Case for Expositional Preaching Does the Bible actually say that preachers should preach expositionally? By Mike Bullmore
Book Review: Preaching Parables to Postmodernsby Brian C. Stiller Reviewed by Carl Trueman
APPLYING THE SERMON
A Biblical Case for Expositional Preaching Does the Bible actually say that preachers should preach expositionally? By Mike Bullmore
Book Review: Preaching Parables to Postmodernsby Brian C. Stiller Reviewed by Carl Trueman
APPLYING THE SERMON
Where Does Your Congregation Turn For Help? Christians are not listening to their preachers but to Oprah. Why? Because preachers and churches aren’t helping Christians apply the gospel to their lives. By Deepak Reju
Preaching Up: Applying the Word of God to Midlife and Beyond How can a young preacher preach to his elders? The answer might surprise you. By Israel Haas
Preach to the Non-Christian, the Christian, and the Church Member Here’s why good expositional preaching is saint & seeker sensitive. By Aaron Menikoff
Preach to the Ignorant, the Doubtful, and Sinners With all the talk about “knowing your audience,” how about a spiritual assessment? By Mark Dever
Preach to the Non-Christian, the Christian, and the Church Member Here’s why good expositional preaching is saint & seeker sensitive. By Aaron Menikoff
Preach to the Ignorant, the Doubtful, and Sinners With all the talk about “knowing your audience,” how about a spiritual assessment? By Mark Dever
Friday, April 13, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Teach Your Lay-Leaders to Preach
from BuildingChurchLeaders.com
Click here to learn more and/or order this resource.
From Empower your lay leaders to preach with confidence. With this theme, your leaders will learn to appreciate the authority given to their voices, to assemble an inspired message, and how to gain valuable feedback from trusted sources to keep improving their preaching.You can use this theme either for a group training session or to give individually to people who would like to gain some experience preaching. Simply print the handouts you need and use them as necessary.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Unchurched Population Nears 100 Million in the U.S.
March 19, 2007
(Ventura, CA) - Life in America has changed greatly since 1994, with massive changes in technology, global politics, lifestyle choices and family dynamics. But one constant has been the proportion of adults in the population who are unchurched. During that period there have been noteworthy shifts in religious behavior, but the percentage of adults who have steered clear of churches for at least the past six months has remained stable since 1994.
A new survey released by The Barna Group, which has been tracking America’s religious behavior and beliefs since 1984, reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched - meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. While that figure is considerably higher than the one out of five who qualified as unchurched in the early Nineties, it is statistically unchanged since 36% were recorded as having avoided religious services in the company’s 1994 study.
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(Ventura, CA) - Life in America has changed greatly since 1994, with massive changes in technology, global politics, lifestyle choices and family dynamics. But one constant has been the proportion of adults in the population who are unchurched. During that period there have been noteworthy shifts in religious behavior, but the percentage of adults who have steered clear of churches for at least the past six months has remained stable since 1994.
A new survey released by The Barna Group, which has been tracking America’s religious behavior and beliefs since 1984, reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched - meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. While that figure is considerably higher than the one out of five who qualified as unchurched in the early Nineties, it is statistically unchanged since 36% were recorded as having avoided religious services in the company’s 1994 study.
Click here to read the whole article.
Demand for men's ministries continues to increase
After four decades in the pastorate, Buddy Griffin is riding a wave of excitement labeled "men’s ministry." The former education minister at Sagemont Church in Houston stepped into his new role two years ago, telling the senior pastor he could do more for God’s kingdom by working with men."This is phenomenal," says Griffin of the 800-plus men participating in the ministry, which has helped bump up the megachurch’s male membership to 44 percent, or 5 percent above the national average.
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