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Posted on April 30, 2012, 8:36 am | 6 comments
Topics: Youth
Sometimes I think that while everyone in my church thinks it’s important to care for the poor, when we start to actively participate in projects around social justice, there’s an uneasiness that gets in the way of support for our efforts.
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Posted on October 24, 2011, 4:38 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Getting Started
On 27 July, 2011 the Church lost one of its greatest leaders, Rev. John Stott. He contributed so much in so many areas that it is hard to overstate his significance. He was called "a Renaissance man with a Reformation theology." Indeed. He made a number of important contributions in the area of mission that deserve
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Posted on October 18, 2011, 2:32 am | 2 comments
We want to help people. We want to do the right thing, the good thing, the Godly thing. Often we discover that we need to learn how to help well. ABCD is a method of offering assistance which empowers those we are serving and, as it continues to grow in popularity, it's worth paying attention to.
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Posted on September 26, 2011, 10:20 am
Topics: Advocacy
This page on the Diaconal Ministries Canada website provides ideas and resources for deacons in their ministry of justice with people with disabilities.
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Posted on July 1, 2011, 11:24 am | 2 comments
Topics: Advocacy
If we are serious about our mission as God's agents of renewal in society, our efforts at eliminating injustice, mitigating poverty, and helping people to become self-sustaining need to start with people with disabilities. If every anti-poverty effort, every development initiative, every benevolence committee in every CRC in North America began with the question, "How will this affect people with disabilities?" our work would be transformed dramatically for the better.
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Posted on July 1, 2011, 11:23 am | 3 comments
Topics: Missional Church
As many as one out of every four Nicaraguans currently claim a “born again” experience. There’s little doubt that many individuals and families have changed because the Gospel has taken root in their lives. But a growing number of Nicaraguan evangelicals are beginning to ask...
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Posted on May 31, 2011, 1:17 pm
Topics: Accessibility
If you were to ask several people who live with disabilities, “What is the biggest challenge that you face?” They would not start by describing the challenges of day to day living, nor talk about the limitations on their activities. I would guess that most people with disabilities would tell you that the biggest challenge is . . .
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Posted on April 18, 2011, 9:48 am
Topics: Youth
In all of my years of youth ministry, I rarely brought our youth groups into interaction with those outside the Reformed tradition. Honestly, many of the parents of our youth members were probably glad I didn’t. I’ve been blessed by my relationships and work with a variety of Christians. So why haven’t I brought that same blessing to our youth group?
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Posted on April 3, 2011, 10:44 pm
Topics: Advocacy
The National Association of Evangelicals produced a document in 2004 called “For the Health of the Nation.” It is not so much about health care reform as about the health of the United States as a nation. The scope of the document reaches far beyond the “traditional” evangelical issues of abortion and marriage. These are
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Posted on June 11, 2010, 9:10 am | 31 comments
Topics: Getting Started
I'm convinced that the Lord requires something very simple of us: "...to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God" (Micah 6:8). If we are committed to this kind of life, then we must speak. The truth is, in this sin-stained world, some of us have voices that are heard, while others have voices that are silenced.
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Posted on May 11, 2010, 9:28 am | 5 comments
Topics: Organization
I recently listened to the monthly CD from Willow Creek Association entitled "Welcoming the Stranger." The speakers talked about Willow's Compassion and Justice Ministry. Sounds like deacons, doesn't it?
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Posted on April 21, 2010, 7:26 pm | 3 comments
Topics: Leadership
Healthy congregations need not remain vague dreams for all but a few charismatic leaders. The first apostles were not super-preachers, yet the early church reached outward faithfully, creatively and winsomely with the message of salvation. Those congregations struggled with a hostile culture. Today ...
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Posted on January 20, 2010, 1:55 pm
Topics: Advocacy
The late Prof. Nancy Eiesland wrote a thought-provoking reflection on Luke 24:36-39, the passage which describes Jesus' revelation of himself to the frightened disciples after he rose from the dead. They could not recognize him until he showed them his scars. Eiesland writes, "Reading this passage, I realized that here was a part of my hidden history as a Christian. The foundation of Christian theology is...
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