How to measure ‘fruit’ in your ministry
- Hannah Ploegstra •
- 14 September 2015
In a previous post, I proposed regarding the analogy of the vine (John 15) that we sometimes mistake our leaves for fruit, thinking that if we’re “getting involved” in ministry, we’re producing fruit. But ministry activities are just leaves—an essential part of the health of our ‘branch’, but not what makes God’s mouth water. Leaves aren’t yummy to him; fruit is.
The ninjas
- Tony Payne •
- 10 October 2013
Let me tell you about the Ninjas. It started at a Trellis and Vine Workshop Marty Sweeney and I were running in an old weather-board Baptist church in Atlanta, Georgia. We’d been invited there by a young black pastor (whose presence in Atlanta was a remarkable story in itself),
Preacher, teacher, Sunday entertainer?
- Jordan Pickering •
- 20 May 2016
Jordan Pickering has a word for preachers: you are boring and not funny. The Bible, however, is not.
Memorizing together
- Simon Flinders •
- 13 July 2017
Often Scripture memorization is seen as a personal discipline that primarily edifies the individual, but we’ve found a simple way to make it a corporate activity.
The influence of fathers
- Tony Payne •
- 2 October 2017
There are startling figures about the influence of a father on the church-attending patterns of his children.
Disciple-making go juice
- Chris Drombetta •
- 24 April 2014
Making disciples is hard work. It’s supposed to be. Nudging people forward toward maturity in Christ is a battle of the heart, mind, schedule, and growing list of priorities in the lives of our people. Paul affirms this for us in his letter to the Colossians. "Him we proclaim, warning
Questions and Answers: a Christian Perspective (Audio CD)
- Kel Richards •
- 16 October 2009
An interview style recording by Kel Richards, covering some of the basic questions non-Christians ask. Issues such as "Why do people suffer?" and "What about evolution?" are specifically addressed. Length: approx. 18 minutes. Audio format CD (not available in MP3 format).
When cancer comes up in your group
- Matthias Media •
- 16 September 2014
Last year my wife Fiona and I led a growth group together at church. It was a wonderful experience but also very challenging. My chemo cycles meant that I tended to be absent roughly one week in three, and sometimes I wouldn’t know how I’d be until that
Turn off the automatic self-censor button!
- Stephen Liggins •
- 15 September 2016
Your personal testimony can be very powerful when speaking with non-believers, so don't hold back on how you've experienced God in your life.
kategoria CD-ROM
- Kirsten Birkett •
- 16 October 2009
This CD-Rom contains all the published editions of the journal 'kategoria', with a searchable index.
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