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Introducing the New and Improved Building Blocks of Faith Toolkit!
The Building Blocks of Faith can transform your church’s faith formation efforts, and this newly revised resource can help.
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August 30, 2021
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Around the Table: Navigating Church After Pandemic Trauma
We all know that the pandemic has taken a toll on our bodies, relationships, communities, and churches. So how can ministry leaders prepare their congregations to be places of healing?
July 28, 2021
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How the Building Blocks of Faith Can Support Church Leaders
Here are some ideas for how church leaders can use the Building Blocks of Faith to assess ministry strengths and weaknesses and create new ministry initiatives that are holistic in scope and in faith formation engagement.
July 28, 2021
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Reassessing and Fine-tuning Your Ministry
This article is part of The Building Blocks of Faith Toolkit —a collection of resources for strengthening faith formation in your congregation and at home, brought to you by Faith Formation Ministries . The Building Blocks of Faith help churches shape their congregational faith formation culture. Part of that work is to assess and reassess how the culture is being transformed and to fine-tune anything that might be working against that transformation. For example, consider the following discoveries by Lesli van Milligen, Faith Formation Ministries’ regional catalyzer for Eastern Canada (...
July 28, 2021
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Planning Congregational Faith Formation with the Building Blocks of Faith
Learn how to use the four Building Blocks of Faith in your faith formation ministry planning process.
June 24, 2021
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The Biblical Basis of the Building Blocks of Faith: Christ Formed In Us
How do we embody Jesus in the nitty-gritty of our everyday life? The Building Blocks of Faith describe four spiritual needs everyone has, needs that are met in Christ.
May 7, 2020
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Make a Decision!
When a decision about the future must be made, but information about the future is scarce, what's a church council to do? Here is some advice for getting through this leadership challenge.
August 15, 2018
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5 Steps for Putting Good Ideas into Action
Ideas for new practices or programs may be plentiful, but the deeper challenge is in successful implementation and making the changes stick. In this article, five steps or stages are outlined for putting good ideas into action.
November 13, 2013
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Navigating the Challenges of Church Renewal
The journey of congregational renewal is like the ancient journey of the Hebrews: there are river crossings and rebellions, mountains and wilderness. What does this all look like at the congregational level, and what should leaders, including pastors, expect?
March 21, 2012
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Church Renewal: The Journey of 3 Lands and 2 Rivers
In this webinar we'll visit an old metaphor to help us understand the elements necessary for healthy and lasting renewal.