As a first year MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) apprentice at my church, St Paul’s Anglican in Sydney’s north-west, I get to help make disciple-making disciples as my full-time job. One of my main ministries and highlights of the week is meeting up with different women in my congregation to read the Bible together and pray for each other, with each other. I also meet up with my trainer, Bon, who pastorally cares for me and teaches me from God’s word as I seek to do the same for others.
Sandy Grant's links on the start of the US election, growth groups, expository preaching, and attitudes towards finances.
Some suggestions for how you can help your pastors when they’re not doing so well.
What are the small things we can all do that make a big difference in our churches?
Are you leading a service this Christmas, or know someone who is? These eight tips will help you do a great job.
In this "Briefing" classic from the archives, Tony Payne looks at the how and why of running church services.
Sandy Grant's links of the week on what it means to stand with someone, zealotry for kindness, a story about John Chapman, American exceptionalism, and depression.
The original Swedish Bible Study Method was introduced into the Church of Sweden in the Swedish city of Västerås in the 1940`s by David Berglund.
The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day.
9 interactive Bible studies for small groups and individuals on Luke 1–9.