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Three ways to make your church a captivating community

Periodically, pastors read The Captivating Community and then ask us where to start putting their ideas into practice. Here are three meditations to consider: 1. Make your church an “nominal Christianity audit”. The captivating community refers to? Revealing gospel community – in a church where relationships bear witness to the power of the gospel. Because

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12 Ways Pride Makes Us Super Busy

Since 2008, the ministry has been dedicated to making doctrinal and evangelical material available free of charge. Today, we provide more than 5,000 resources, such as Bible studies, daily devotions, and Christian reflections; videos, podcasts and theology courses; preaching, sermons, and evangelical messages; images, comics and infographics of preachers and pastors such as Augustus Nicodemus,

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7 tactics can grow through reading and training the scriptures without having to go to seminary

Question received: I did not attend a seminar or receive formal theological training. I am grateful for all that God has taught me over the years through Sunday morning ministry and Bible studies in my church, but I often feel unable to teach the Bible to others. , even if I want it (and others)

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Four ways to better engage professional women

Question received: Do you have any suggestions on how our ministry of women can engage and encourage professionals more effectively while exercising their ministry in their workplaces? As with all organizations, implicitly or explicitly, women’s ministries in the local church have a target audience in mind. Your church may target 32-year-old executives trying to leave

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