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Editor’s Note: This continues a series of articles on Congregational Missions (Click to see more articles on this theme!)
(c) 2008 Phil Corr, Ph.D.
On a March day in 2000 I gripped a lever, set my legs, and pulled back. I had just “printed” a page of Hawaiian alphabet material. I was visiting the mission [...]

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Editor’s Note: Is the hope for renewal in the mainline to be found in mimicking the latest megachurch gadgetry? As other articles note, church renewal is not dependent on becoming a “clone” of a larger church. As Dr. Horton notes, neither is renewal dependent on finding “Super Pastor”.
Never mind Paul’s exhortation [...]

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Editor’s Note: Rev. David Runnion-Bareford has extensive experience in mainline church renewal. He is the President of the Association for Church Renewal. ReformationUCC.org requested an interview to follow up on this article which originally appeared in the Faithful and Loving Newsletter. Many churches have no idea where to begin. Here, a prescription for servanthood is [...]

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“Missional” is the latest buzz word describing what churches ought to “be”. At best it describes an outward focused attitude that’s focused on promoting Christ’s kingdom instead of maintaining institutional survival at any cost.
Moving from theory to action is where things get dicey. Search the blogosphere and scan the most popular books for how [...]

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Editor’s Note: Modern Reformed Theologian Peter Leithart (Ph.D. Cambridge) quoting Christopher Seitz raises an important question about how we so freely use “inclusive” language in our attempts to describe God. Our internal conflict over the issue is only possible because one side feels itself free to create names for God while the other reckons that [...]

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Editor’s Note: Gerry Charlotte Phelps offers an insightful article on the nature of the demographic problem facing the mainline church. It is the same one, essentially, faced by the West - creeping depopulation. The mainline church reflects the larger culture and is imploding. As we lose both our children and spiritual children, drastic - [...]

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Jesse Remington High School was profiled in a previous article here as one of the “bright lights” of the mainline renewal:
Jesse Remington High School: Rebuilding Christian World View In The Mainline
For families interested in educating their children at this unique school, the school has announced an OPEN HOUSE for prospective students. Please contact them directly [...]

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September 23rd 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of the Fulton Street Revival. Linked to the Reformed Church in America historically and theologically as well as through our Formula of Agreement, it is good for us to remember this outpouring of God’s Spirit with them.
As the RCA website notes:
The Fulton Street prayer revival began September 23, [...]

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The Global “Day” of Prayer is Pentecost Sunday, May 11, 2008 this year. The days of prayer preceding it however are Ascension Day through Pentecost - May 1st through the 11th.
Though the modern Global Day of Prayer movement “started” in one sense in the year 2000, in reality the feasts of Pascha (the Christian Passover [...]

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