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Wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about (Acts 1:4b).
These are among the opening words of the history book of the early New Testament Church. They declare the foundational understanding of what Jesus came to earth to accomplish in the Incarnation.
This is the…
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A couple of years ago during the prayer time of the Sunday school class I teach, a woman requested prayer for her friend’s daughter who had been badly injured in an accident during their vacation. She described some of the situation. Then, as a praise to the situation, she mentioned that the nurse…
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What’s the idea?
Integrating teens into the church community.
What was the need?
The students in our church felt like outsiders in their own church. About 90 percent of our students were from other youth groups and were connected to other churches.
Why was this?
Some reasons include that most…
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As the Church of the Nazarene, we have created our theological journey throughout the history of the church. All along that road, Scripture has been paramount in the life of our church. Scripture has not only been part of our reformed inheritance from the 16th century (“Sola Scriptura”), but the…
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Impact Weekends
Concepts that have worked well for us on the Western Cape District are “impact weekends.” People from churches around the district spend a weekend at another Nazarene church that is struggling, or perhaps the community is struggling for various reasons.
We go in and work with the…
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How did you and Laura meet? At the Perth Church of the Nazarene in Scotland.
Most interesting journey you’ve taken? Marriage (that's good interesting!).
What would we be surprised to learn about you? I am not the most patient person in the world.
Share about your “call” to biochemistry. My…
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Q: What advice do you have for calling a new pastor to our local congregation?
A: Let me offer seven things to consider in this important transition:
1. Pray. Let 1 Thessalonians 5:17 underline everything you do: “Pray continually.” Create strategies to keep the congregation praying about the…
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When I was six years old, I felt called to the ministry. I’d stand on our back porch and “preach” to my cats.
However, I went to church with my mother who attended a denomination that does not allow women in leadership (lay or clergy). As a child, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I…
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Throughout my life, I have often shared my Christian faith with others. Even as a child, I found ways to talk about Jesus.
These days, I admit to wrestling increasingly with this aspect of being a Christian. As an adult, I have regularly experienced humiliation and ridicule for sharing my faith.…
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As a local church youth pastor, one of my priorities is to facilitate the process of helping students move from owning their parents’ faith to owning it themselves. Most of my students enter our ministry having attended church for as long as they have lived. They know all the Sunday school answers…