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5 Ways to Move Your Church from Club to Movement

In my youth group “club,” everyone was very familiar with everyone else, which felt great. We had certain things we talked about, and we were always on the same wavelength. But what about the people who were not a part of the club? They probably thought we were a little weird. Instead of being the grand poobah of a club, I encourage you to be a facilitator of the greatest movement the world has ever known.

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How to Choose a Church

When asked about the church I belong to, I like to say that we are the theological heirs of a man named John Wesley. He experienced God as holy love that expelled sin, enabling him to be restored in the likeness of Jesus.

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4 Church Planting Networks You Should Know

As a church-lover, researcher, and practitioner, I offer four church planting organizations and two church plants you simply need to know. These church planting organizations are getting it done with creative and consistent means. They each offer distinct contributions to the field of church planting.

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What Is the Church? (30 Questions)

The church is a community of prayer, of teaching, of training, of discipline, and it is the place where we dwell in the presence of God and commune with him at the Lord’s Supper or Eucharist. We are not merely saved as individuals but we are saved as a people.

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Andrew Walls: Life and Mission, Part III

Renown missiologist Andrew Walls sits down and talks about his life and mission with us. Andrew Walls is a British Christian theologian and missiologist, best known for his pioneering studies of the history of the African church. He is

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Andrew Walls: Life and Mission, Part II

Renown missiologist Andrew Walls sits down and talks about his life and mission with us. Andrew Walls is a British Christian theologian and missiologist, best known for his pioneering studies of the history of the African church. He is

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Holy and Blameless: My Kind of Church

Recently I came upon a book of advice for pastors.  It’s interesting and enjoyable but I was troubled by the author’s attitude toward what he saw as the typical church.  He had an adversarial attitude,

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Faithfulness to God’s Word and Church Renewal

The scriptures mark out a path that guides and leads us to God’s future. In our day, as we sense acutely the new challenges presented to the work of the gospel, followers of Jesus must hold to the practice of faithfulness to God’s word as a key habit to cultivate and embody that life. Such a way of life will serve as the fuel for revitalizing existing communities of faith and for the launching of new ones.

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The Recent Problem of Theological Hubris

History is marked by much unwarranted polemicism in the church. In this article, Dr. Ken Werlein calls on the church to exercise theological humility and charity in working alongside one another for the gospel.

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