Do you know about and care about the Christian ministries your congregation members are engaged in that are outside the programs of your church?
For too many Christians, talk of the resurrection is restricted to a few songs and a family meal once a year on Easter Sunday. And, for many, even those few songs feel just a tad melodramatic.
Experienced Bible teacher and ministry trainer Jeremy Meeks unpacks the Old Testament book of Amos.
Nothing shakes a growth group up like new members, but what if those new members are non-Christians? How should you lead in that situation? How do you manage the good things and the difficulties?
Just as it is completely normal to call for justice when we are the victims, so also is it completely normal to want to avoid justice when we are guilty.
Easter is a time of heightened persecution for many believers around the world. Many Christians who meet together do so at great risk.
It can be hard for Christian pastors, whose full-time job is dominated by contact with Christians, to meet non-Christians, but it dawned on me that one of the best options I had was right on-site.
Taking the initiative and asking a fellow Christian who is further along in their walk to read with us can provide accountability, increased understanding, and growth in ways that reading and learning alone wouldn’t.
One of the marks of a Christian is practising hospitality. Whenever it’s mentioned in the New Testament, it is assumed as a staple part of the Christian life. However, lots of people don’t show hospitality to others.