We live in a world of buzz. Perhaps you've seen the Yahoo! Buzz Index—a daily log of what people are searching for on the Internet, or maybe you've participated in an online forum because you bought a new digital camera and wanted to find out more about it. Buzz is what happens when you blog about your recent experience at a Honda dealership. Buzz is what happens when the message ...
When I was in high school, my father gave me the great opportunity to work for him in the summer for no money. Some of you had a dad like that, interested in building character instead of a bank account. My dad took me to the farm where he was born and grew up.
On one of the hottest days of the summer, we worked when the sun was at its peak. My dad stopped and said, "Hey, Mark, let me show you something." ...
How to Start a Disability Ministry These steps will help lay the foundation for an exceptional ministry to men and women with disabilities. CCFH Ministries
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Launching a ministry to children and adults with disabilities is a daunting assignment. Many churches are already spread thin on volunteers, space, and money—they can hardly imagine taking on another ministry. Other churches don't know where to start, how to find resources, or how to reach their community in this new way.
The following video is an excerpt from the Exceptional Teaching Online ...
Meet someone you should know—Steve Siler. An accomplished musician and composer, Steve has a bigger vision for his music than many artists. For him, it's the ministry of healing. In 2000, he launchedMusic for the Soul, an organization that takes music into some of the most painful, broken situations of life—suicides, sexual addictions, marriages in crisis, and so on. Into those situations, ...
The Protestant reformers named three "marks by which the true church is known": the preaching of the pure doctrine of the gospel, the pure administration of the sacraments, and the exercise of church discipline to correct faults. Today, church discipline is feared as the mark of a false church, bringing to mind images of witch trials, scarlet letters, public humiliations, and damning excommunications. ...
Stewardship is the great "Silent Subject" in many churches. There is very little teaching from the pulpit, and when stewardship is mentioned, it is a code word for giving. Very few churches provide training on how to implement biblical principles into one's daily financial life. Yet there are profound practical and spiritual reasons why the church should be regularly teaching and training its people ...
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