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Come Together, Change the World
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 Leaders of small, rural churches often wonder if their efforts can really make a difference in the world. But in Polk City, Iowa—population 3,092—local pastors answered that question with a united effort fittingly named "We Can."
Birthed out of a food drive held last year at Polk City United Methodist Church (UMC), the We Can campaign this year brought together 29 churches throughout central Iowa from various denominations for one purpose: to combat hunger both locally and around the world. Each church took on the challenge of gathering 1,000 food items for a cumulative goal of 29,000. ... Read more
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Restoring a Praying Church
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QUOTE: "The fact that up to 50,000 communities will have public observances of prayer is strategically very important because it points to the awakening of the believing body of Christ that is going on. That's what we know we're laboring for: the restoration of the church as the ongoing daily house of prayer for all people. ... Not only for all men and women to come to know freedom and redemption through Jesus Christ, but all in authority, all heads of state, that we could live quiet, peaceable, worshipful, enterprising, free lives here." —Gary Bergel, president emeritus of Intercessors for America, on the rising prayer movement that marked yesterday's National Day of Prayer [charismamag.com, 5/7/09]
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It's Not Luck, It's Growth
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While experts continue to debate whether churches in the United States are numerically growing during this recession, there's little debate in Ireland—at least when it comes to the country's most renowned churches.
Catholic leaders from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland report an increase of up to 30 percent in Mass attendance since early this year. The two countries have been hard hit by economic recession, with a reported 1,000 people losing their jobs each day. ... Read more
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Finance
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Digital Donations
| By George Eusterman
How much can online giving really help your ministry? Read more
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Leadership |
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How to Pastor Difficult People
| By Richard D. Dobbins
Practical tips for dealing with those church folks who drive you crazy
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Youth Ministry
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Run for Your Soul!
| By Mike Yaconelli
Why you may need to quit your job as a youth minister
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Worship
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Reaching a Higher Plane
| By Brian Johnson
Are you leading people into praise that extends beyond this earth?
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