A Beautiful Partnership—A Multicultural Church Merger
Las Americas couldn’t afford to buy the facility and First Baptist couldn’t afford to keep it, but it didn’t take long to see a merger was in order.
Las Americas couldn’t afford to buy the facility and First Baptist couldn’t afford to keep it, but it didn’t take long to see a merger was in order.
There is a tendency to try to rush change within the church. The revitalizer sees the need and is called to help lead the church through change but may not fully understand the history behind a piece of furniture or why things are done in a particular way regarding the speed of church change.
With the guidance of experienced incorporation services, it can be easier to navigate this process correctly. Additionally, the process can be lengthy, and mistakes can result in a denial or delay in processing your application, and not including the proper clauses leaves the organization at risk.
God has seen you through many challenges and cared for you like no one else. He has protected you and fulfilled his promises through your ministry. Discover how worship can help you through transition.
The good guy is you, FYI. This is a duel to the death between your inner self and this intruder, this outlaw, who is trying to under-mine the person you want to be. Either you face your issues and come out victorious in overcoming inner self, or you run away and hide.
Disagreements in years past would have been kept inside the church, but with the advent of social media, negative feelings spread like wildfire to a broader audience. While leaders cannot control what others say, they can control how they react when learning to lead through adversity.
The weird thing about hangovers is that I adapted to them. They set the tone for the day: the muscles governing my movement would be sore, the head housing my mind would ache, the seat of my heart would feel broken, and the voices of my soul would speak only shame. My spiritual awakening journey has been one of profound transformation.
As women who didnt receive what we needed from our fathers, we must make the time to grieve this loss in our lives. Doing so requires that we tell the little girl inside of us to pack her bags and leave for good. She cant coexist in a healthy and whole woman of God, especially when seeking a father's validation.
We have to train ordinary people in the relational skills to be Spirit-led in helping others be changed by Jesus through ordinary discipleship.
The only way we can survive is by waiting. Waiting puts our attention in the right place. When we forget to wait, we become too distracted, too impatient, too angry to see God’s action. The stories that form the church are about God’s actions.