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Art Linkletter once saw a little boy drawing a picture. He was furiously coloring away with an intense look on his face. Linkletter asked him, “Son, what are you drawing?” The little boy replied, “A picture of God.” Linkletter informed the lad that no one knows what God looks like, to which the boy confidently [...]

More than one hundred years ago, in the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John McGraw got into a fight with the Boston third basemen. Within minutes all the players from both teams had joined [...]

Joseph Miller reports that national surveys of evangelical churches indicate that 80 percent of the giving in those churches comes from 20 percent of the constituency. The balance of 20 percent comes from another 30 percent of the people, leaving 50 percent of the constituency contributing nothing. Miller also cites statistics the Southern Baptists released [...]

Mark Driscoll gives his testimony that before and right after his conversion to Christ, he was a teetotaler (a total abstainer of alcohol). But after he entered the ministry he was “studying the Scriptures for a sermon about Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine, as reported in John’s gospel, a miracle that Jesus performed [...]

Warren Wiersbe has a book entitled Something Happens When Churches Pray in which he describes the blessings of God on the praying early church in the book of Acts. Later in 1857, something happened when churches prayed. What happened was a national revival of prayer meetings. Jeremiah Lanphier started a noon hour weekly prayer meeting [...]

All nationalities should be welcomed and accepted in our churches. This is what makes the church Missional. Missional church researcher Ed Stetzer warns against being missional in wanting to reach your local culture but not being Missions in wanting to reach those not in your culture. Some Missional churches are focused on the local not the global. [...]

A friend of mine sent this story to me about the new fundamentals of the faith: I was walking across a bridge recently. I spied this fellow who looked like he was ready to jump off. So, I thought I’d try to stall him until the authorities showed up. “Don’t jump!” I said. “Why not?” [...]

Because of government intrusion into church affairs and the potential of lawsuits, churches need at least three official documents: a church constitution, a church covenant, and a statement of faith. A fourth document which is also being recommended from such organizations as Christian Law Association is articles of incorporation. Joseph Miller says “in an opinion [...]

Joseph Miller reports that national surveys of evangelical churches indicate that 80 percent of the giving in those churches comes from 20 percent of the constituency. The balance of 20 percent comes from another 30 percent of the people, leaving 50 percent of the constituency contributing nothing. Miller also cites statistics the Southern Baptists released [...]

When  a church has need of a pastor they should go courting a potential candidate. Here are some brief suggested guidelines that certainly can be modified according to the need and policy of the church. 1. The deacons form a Search Committee or sometimes the deacons are the Search Committee. 2. An Interim pastor is [...]