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Of Donkeys, Elephants, and Other Animals
The U.S. election is bringing deep anxiety, incivility, and fear to U.S. congregations. How do leaders navigate this moment?
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September 28, 2020
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A Prayer for Love
This prayer can help us keep our focus on our neighbor.
September 23, 2020
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Your Church Council: The Nucleus of Renewal?
In Charles Olson's book, Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders, he asks: what if there is another way of looking at the work of the church council?
September 20, 2020
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What Divides Us - The Bible and Providence?
Mark Noll’s powerful and insightful book The Civil War as a Theological Crisis resonates with struggles of our day.
September 15, 2020
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Unity Is Beyond Us...but God Does What Is Beyond Us
A Prayer for God's work in us to make us one, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.
August 26, 2020
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Is Your Liturgy Political?
Kaitlyn Scheiss' book, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of our Neighbor, helps us think through how to be formed for living well in the political sphere.
August 23, 2020
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Have We Been White Too Long?
Taking words from James Baldwin, Robert P. Jones' new book holds that white Christians have been white too long.
July 31, 2020
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Ready for Winter, A Mini Ice Age?
At the beginning of COVID-19, Andy Crouch wrote about churches preparing for a blizzard, winter, and a mini ice age. Here's a tool to help churches be ready.
July 29, 2020
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A Real Man, A Real Woman
Aimee Byrd's recent book on recovering from Biblical manhood and womanhood takes on gender stereotypes in the church.
July 27, 2020
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Jesus, John Wayne and a View from the Balcony
Kristin Kobes Du Mez's book Jesus and John Wayne helps evangelicals to see their family story.
July 23, 2020
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Church Now Conversation: Kara Powell
The August Church Now Conversation features Kara Powell. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch,” Kara is coauthor of Growing Young (2016).
July 6, 2020
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Review: N.T. Wright “God and the Pandemic”
N.T. Wright is less concerned about the "why" of the Pandemic and more concerned about the "what" of the Christian response.
July 1, 2020
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Church Now Conversation With Ed Stetzer
In the first of the Church Now conversations, Ed Stetzer spoke about the church’s response to COVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd.
June 10, 2020
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Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity
David Swanson's book is a powerful statement on the central place of discipleship in reshaping the church.
June 3, 2020
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Don’t Miss Church Now Conversations
Church Now Conversations offer an opportunity to reflect on how to live in our present days and help the local church take fresh steps in ministry and mission in the midst of difficult times.
May 7, 2020
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Prayers for Patience During COVID-19
Patience Lord? Many of us are living on the edge. . .
July 30, 2018
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"Church Planting in the Secular West" by Stephan Paas
Paas’ book is a wonderful crossover volume that speaks about church planting but connects deeply with church renewal.
May 30, 2018
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No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
Published in 1993, this book is powerfully prophetic concerning the direction of the Evangelical church over the past 25 years.
May 1, 2018
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Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger
Using his own “off the map” skills honed in a local church and denominational context, Bolsinger helps church leaders find paths to follow. He tells of both his successes and failures in finding these paths.
August 7, 2014
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Are You Funneling?
How many people know your church exists? What does it take to see a good number at your first worship service as a church planter?
June 12, 2014
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Gospel Story
A resource for your congregation to learn the gospel story that they can share with others. The gospel story is told as Creation, Fall, Redemption, Recreation.
March 20, 2013
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Seven Cluster Characteristics
Here's a chart outlining the growth of a cluster and its seven characteristics.
March 17, 2013
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Forming a Cluster
Many are asking how to get a ministry cluster going. This article by Randy Rowland will offer a step-by-step approach, with this proviso: This is a basic template, not a blueprint.
February 28, 2013
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Church Multiplication Initiative
A partnership between the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and the Reformed Church in America (RCA) involving pooling resources in an innovative church-planting movement that will spread the gospel by reaching out to people in the places where they live.
February 8, 2013
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Ministry Development Guidelines
Ministry development guidelines from Christian Reformed Home Missions