If we are going to present a compelling alternative to non-Christian sexual ethics today, we need to recover a New Testament understanding of brotherly and sisterly love. Everywhere I go, I meet brothers and sisters in Christ who are trusting that Jesus’ love is better than any human love, leaving same-sex sexual relationships to follow Jesus. If someone leaves a gay relationship to enter the church, they should find more love and not less.
Crossover Church recruits service project volunteers from every demographic.
People usually fear what they don’t know more than what they do. During seasons of change it’s important to increase the level of communication.
Let us not threaten lost people with the necessity of hell. The temptation to do that must be avoided at all costs.
5 core values help fuel robust growth at this Kenyan church.
When we come before God, we should always stop and think about who it is were addressing. Far too often we rush into our petitions and immediately begin to ask God for what we need without considering how to pray effectively.
Before I even knew I was coming, so many conversations had happened on how to honor the past, how to welcome a new leader, how to embrace a new vision. Eric Geiger on successful pastoral leadership transition.
How to keep from sabotaging your own process
Division in the church is increasingly the norm. Politically-charged issues have broken friendships and wounded congregations. It’s tough to build healthy relationships when we see others as the enemy.
One way of determining evangelistic health is through a metric called conversion ratio. This ratio tells you how many people in your church it takes to win one person for Christ.
