The Pulse of a Healthy Church, Part 3: Bad Witnessing 101

by Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA   I was one of the most feared pitchers in my Little League Division. Batters would come to the plate with white knuckled twitches as they held their bat and sweat flowed from their brows. I could throw the ball fast and hard. I also had lousy ball control. I could not get many batters out, but man, they feared me!...

5 Questions You Should Ask Your Church

5 Questions You Should Ask Your Church

Oct 26, 2017

John J. Pethtel Director Church Development & Pastoral Services Here are 5 questions leaders can ask if their church stops growing: One of the best things any leader can do when he is in a tough spot is to stop making assumptions and start asking questions. Our assumptions got us to where we are, but they won’t necessarily get us where we need to go. 1....

25 Things I’ve Learned from Church Planting

25 Things I’ve Learned from Church Planting

Oct 26, 2017

      Reprinted from Christine Hoover who is a church planting wife and a mom to three boys. She also writes on her blog, Grace Covers Me (www.gracecoversme.com). In 2008, God called my husband, Kyle, and me to plant a church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Though we had eight years of ministry experience under our belts at an established church,...

En la teoría, ¿cómo funciona el discipulado?

  El discipulado funciona esencialmente mediante la instrucción y la imitación. El discipulado funciona mejor a través del amor. A medida que instruimos con amor a creyentes más jóvenes en el camino de la piedad y de una vida encomiable, ellos crecerán en su semejanza a Cristo imitando nuestra vida y doctrina (cf. 1 Ti. 4:16). Instrucción: La Biblia llama...

Your Ready-Made New Christmas Gift List!

Your Ready-Made New Christmas Gift List!

Oct 26, 2017

  by Clinton R. Brown Executive Director         Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Please consider discussing with your family if you can add some of these to your Christmas gift list this year. We have Seventh Day Baptist families...