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What You CAN Do When Your Church is Failing

Here is an encouraging article by Jim Elliff for pastors who may be struggling. What You CAN Do When Your Church is Failing: “by Jim Elliff You’re stuck. The church you once loved is now sliding downhill. Some are disgruntled, leadership is faltering, attendance is low, fellowship is almost non-existent, and interest in improvement is weak. Even the building reflects the neglect of dispassionate saints. What should you do? I realize the problem is systemic, but there are some things that may yet be done to revitalize the church. I’m not going to give you the main things (restoring regenerate

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July 25, 2010 No Comments

A Grassroots GCR: Every Church, a Church Planting Church

A Grassroots GCR: Every Church, a Church Planting Church: “ Bring It Back – A Grassroots GCR: Every Church, a Church Planting ChurchBy Tim Brister Essentially, a commitment to the Great Commission inherently requires a passion for church planting. Christ gave this commission to the local church, and yet less than 15% of churches have owned it to the point of actively being involved in planting churches.[1] The question that must be asked then is why 85% of churches in North America are not engaged in the Great Commission to the point of making disciple-making disciples who form into church

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July 24, 2010 No Comments

Becoming a Biblical Community

For a church to become a biblical community and make biblical disciples, the members need to cultivate an eternal prepsective and a right  view of all of God’s gracious actions. In this passage Jesus exhorts his disciples to endure, after rebuking and warning the pharisees about his second coming at the end of chapter 17. This explicitly sets the context of the passage on the second coming of Christ (not a secret rapture). The basic questions that is being asked is “Will God Find faith on earth when he comes again? Will the warnings of Jesus to remember Lot’s wife,

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July 22, 2010 No Comments

Extemporaneous Preaching

Dr. James while says that Extemporaneous Preaching by Dr. John Carrick Challenged him to think about changing the way he preaches. I concur. Preaching Exptemporaneously without notes is best for most pasters. see also www.disciplemaking.net

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July 20, 2010 No Comments

Alpha and Christianity Explored compared

this is an excellent read in understanding what ciriculum choices you might make to do evangelism in a small group setting Banner of Truth Trust General Articles: “The ‘Alpha’ and the ‘Christianity Explored’ Course” see also www.disciplemaking.net

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July 17, 2010 No Comments

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Glenn Leatherman

I am first of all a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I affirm Evangelical Christian beliefs as well as  Gospel driven in philosophy of ministry. I am married to Ann and am raising 2 wonderful boys – Jonathan and Andrew. My purpose is to build disciplemaking disciples that are becoming fishers of men in fully displaying of God’s Glory in all things. Learn more

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