Michael VandenBerg

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Joined: 02/15/2010

About Me

I am the Pastor of Hope Community CRC in Indianapolis, IN, a multi-cultural, urban congregation in the Northeast Corner of Indianapolis. I am also a consultant, working primarily with churches in a community that want to coordinate their community services across denominational lines. I have been doing this community development work for over 30 years and have started community clearinghouses in 8 cities.

My Comments

August 30, 2011

Grace,

Excellent suggestion, though that is not typically a spiritual gifts inventory. That is closer to what is called a talent/tithe, tithing your talents. If you or Milissa or anyone else...

August 24, 2011

Grace,

The ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) has on on their website in their archives. you might try that or the CRC use to have a great survey package...

August 24, 2011

Good suggestion but Techsoup requires that you be a 501C3 registered organization which many if not most churches are only an implied 501c3. There is a way around it but to date I have not been...

June 1, 2011

Coming from the RCA which has permitted Children at the Lord's table for quite a number of years, I applaude the CRC for this move. For me the larger question is why we affirm that Baptism is...

February 22, 2011

Ken,

I think that Fronse is right on target in terms of how you might minister even from home. I have had people in their 80's and 90's make their connections on the internet a...

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