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Proof Positive of the Need of a Godly Sunday School Teacher
Posted on May 7, 2012. Filed under: Author Notes, Bells & Whistles, Discipleship, Quotes & Statistics |
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Where Oh Where has Morality Gone? Americans in Search of Truth
Posted on February 16, 2012. Filed under: Author Notes, Discipleship, Quotes & Statistics, Sermon Illustrations | Tags: Missouri, Tom Bougher (Boo’-yer) – American Citizen/Christian from Nixa |
Who do I vote for? Who do I trust? Who can I depend on? We are living in a society that has new rules for truth, new rules for honesty and new rules for keeping promises. No wonder we struggle with choosing candidates. We don’t know who to believe! Earlier Americans had a base to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )One Nation Under God – A Review
Posted on March 18, 2011. Filed under: Author Notes, New Books, Quotes & Statistics, Sermon Illustrations |
One Nation Under God by Dee Wampler. Now this is a book that puts God back into our history. Every parent needs this book to help remind their children of God’s place in the forming of our nation. Wampler reminds us of how many efforts are being made to rid every text book of any reference [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Next Christians – a Review
Posted on March 10, 2011. Filed under: Author Notes, Discipleship, Ministry Tools and Helps, New Books, Sermon Illustrations |
The Next Christians is a book written by Gabe Lyons. You may have read UnChristians by this author. Lyons is making a case for the Next Generation of Christians, how they will live out the Gospel. They believe that part of service to God is bringing signs that point to his Kingdom and tangibly expressing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Master Leaders by George Barna
Posted on March 1, 2011. Filed under: Author Notes, Ministry Tools and Helps, New Books, Quotes & Statistics, Sermon Illustrations |
Have you ever thought about being in a room with some of your heroes? That opportunity came along to George Barna while he was the Master of Ceremonies at a leadership conference. From the green room, Barna took time to interview some of today’s top leaders asking them incisive questions about effective leadership. He recorded [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Drew Dyck shares thoughts on Ed Stetzer’s blog
Posted on January 19, 2011. Filed under: Author Notes, Discipleship, Quotes & Statistics |
Drew Dyck of Christianity Today Quotes: For many churches, the primary goal has become attracting large numbers of kids and keeping them entertained. As a result, today many youth ministries are practically devoid of any spiritual engagement. As you’ve described them, they become little more than “holding tanks with pizza.” Some have been reduced to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TWO FREE Webinars: Multi-Site and Small Groups!
Posted on March 26, 2010. Filed under: Author Notes, Bells & Whistles, Discipleship, Ministry Tools and Helps, Small Groups |
Multi-Site Church Webinar – Friday April 3o at 3 PM Central Time Log on to Connect.ag.org Type in your name and enter the Sunday School Room. Our Multi-Site panel includes: Mike Quinn – Newbreak Church (San Diego, California) Denny Curran – River of Life (Cold Spring, Minnesota) Curt Cook – Wilson’s Creek (multi-site of James [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What’s the difference between a holistic small group and a cell group?
Posted on March 17, 2010. Filed under: Author Notes, Discipleship, Ministry Tools and Helps, New Books, Small Groups |
This article By Randall Neighbours – Author of The Naked Truth about Small Group Ministry used by permission 3/16/10 Christian Swartz coined the term “holistic small groups” in his best-selling book, Natural Church Development. In this book, he describes them in this way: 1. Groups that are small in number (typically eight to 10, after [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Do you need more Volunteers?
Posted on February 24, 2010. Filed under: Author Notes, Ministry Tools and Helps, Quotes & Statistics |
Tony Morgan and Tim Stevens have written a great book to help you on your journey. It’s called “Simply Strategic Volunteers” Set up in very short chapters, this is an easy read and includes many easy to produce recipes for including more volunteers. From Group Publications. (Order your own copy at gospelpublishing.com) Here are some quotes: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Naked Truth about Small Group Ministries
Posted on December 30, 2009. Filed under: Author Notes, Bells & Whistles, Discipleship, Ministry Tools and Helps, New Books, Quotes & Statistics |
That is the title of a great resource book for small group ministry. Written by Randall Neighbour and published by Touch Publications of Houston Texas. Why do small groups so frequently not work in the West? His answer: The members of the groups are consumers. The reason they don’t work is that … Members were herded [...]
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