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Entries Tagged as 'Ministry and Outreach'

Christian Release Time Basics - By Paul Humber

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: In our last installment “How I Became Involved In Christian Release Time Ministry”, we published part of Mr. Humber’s story relating to how Christian Release Time ministries have grown in Philadelphia, PA and how they might grow where you are? How many UCC churches are just a short walk from a public school [...]

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How I Became Involved In Christian Release Time Ministry And You Can Too! - Paul Humber

June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: Recently we ran an article on “Where Do We Start When There Are Only A Few Of Us?” in addition to our other articles on Church Renewal. That article focused on how to start with a few key individuals and prayerfully focus on a specific outreach ministry. That has the potential to change [...]

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The Next State Of The Purpose Driven Church Movement: The P.E.A.C.E. Plan

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: This continues a series of articles on how one UCC pastor applies the Purpose Driven concepts to mainline settings. Click here to see all articles related to the Purpose Driven Church
(c) 2008 Dr. Phil Corr
A few years ago Rick Warren was in Africa and crying out to God for a [...]

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Purpose Driven and Me

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: Rick Warren’s ministry is well known in the United States and world wide. His imitators have at times aped his actions without bothering to think through the principles he explains. This has caused Warren’s ministry to suffer from “guilt through association”. But can his ideas be applied successfully - and most importantly [...]

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Evangelism Starts At Home

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

By Starr Meade
Editor’s NoteL This is an excerpt from her article Evangelism Starts At Home which is available in its entirety online at Modern Reformation. Evangelism and church renewal do start at home… by renewing ourselves and our families in God’s truth so we may as winsomely as possible see others encouraged to believe God’s [...]

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Tags: Church Renewal · Devotion and Worship · Family · Ministry and Outreach

The Mega Shift At The Mega Church

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many UCC and “mainline” churches feel themselves to be weak and powerless. Even when the problem isn’t defective theology, it may entail a decided lack of faith in God’s power to work through such a small number. The sense of futility is heightened whenever small, struggling (for now) churches, compare themselves to mega churches. After [...]

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Will American Families Help or Hinder Reaching the Unreached in North America?

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: This article (c) 2008 by the U.S. Center for World Mission and is reprinted with permission of the Global Prayer Digest. To subscribe to this daily prayer update for unreached people groups, you may send an email to subscribe to: subscribe-brigada-pubs-globalprayerdiges@hub.xc.org
For more information about the Global Prayer Digest send email to: keith.carey@uscwm.org
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When Random Acts Of Kindness Aren’t Enough - Part 2

April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: Click here to read the first installment of “When Random Acts Of Kindness Aren’t Enough”

ReformationUCC: It’s been said that the biggest problems in our society today revolve around the absence of the father in the home. How does New Commandment Men’s Ministry help address that issue? Do you have any examples, for instance [...]

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12 Discoveries From Recent Converts To Jesus Christ

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from the Vision New England website. Contact information follows if you wish to order the complete study from Vision New England. While the results reflect the New England region in particular, the summary of the results imply the findings are widely applicable in the US. One of the positive findings [...]

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When Random Acts Of Kindness Aren’t Enough - New Commandment Men’s Ministry

April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’ve all seen the bumper sticker: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”. Some of us have even considered this a “Christian” sentiment worthy of emulation. But Colorado based New Commandment Men’s Ministry is built on the premise that kind gestures cannot be equated with the love our Lord Jesus Christ calls us [...]

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