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One of the featured missionaries in the missions module of LifeWay’s VBS this year is a Church planter in Canada that plants house churches in unreached neighborhoods and small towns throughout Canada. Some of their methods were interesting. It got me to thinking that there are some pieces of what […]
A youth ministry friend of mine once gave me great advice: the next church’s grass isn’t always greener. He spoke from experience. Having been in youth ministry for several years in a bi-vocational status, he finally landed a full-time position. He loved the idea of working just one job, but […]
My friend John over at “The Cost and The Joy” wrote an excellent post about the controversy surrounding WorldVision’s change to their HR policies regarding marriage. It is worth the time to read it. If we name the name of Christ, we all need to take a long hard look […]
This week, I’m publishing my first novel, Sheep Among Wolves (You can purchase it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRTQ1FE ). I co-wrote it with my friend Tony Harmon. It has literally been a labor of love. However, this week, it becomes more than that. As I place it on sale, I want people […]
In all the buildup to last night’s NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament, I heard an interesting point in on one of the local sports radio stations. They told the story of the “BYU Rule”, where BYU has made a school policy to not play on Sunday for any reason. The NCAA […]
1 Corinthians 9:24 (New International Version) Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. I cannot stand running. However, I am very proud of the one in our family that […]
I had the opportunity this morning to sit in on Session 3 of Chap Clark’s track called “Growing Theologically Minded Students. It was an excellent session with a lot of great research included and a lot of thought provoking statements. Below are a few of those great nuggets of wisdom: […]
Here are some great nuggets from a great Morning session: You don’t meet a lot of “ex-Mormons” after the 2 year missions trip. At that point, they ‘own’ their faith. Evangelism is not someone else’s responsibility,..its OURS You have the RIGHT to evangelize. we don’t have the right to be […]
Every year there are some great folks that blog from SYMC. I always get some great info and input from these wonderful folks that are able to go to workshops that I could not attend. If your blog posts just talk about the overall experience at SYMC, that is great […]
We at MinistryPlace.net are blessed to share a few special guest posts from David Nehring, PhD! Here is a little about him: David Nehring, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist at Bethesda Christian Counseling in Sioux Falls. He has been working in the mental health field both in Christian and in […]
Remember MySpace? When I first started in youth ministry, MySpace was all the rage. In order to connect with students, you had to have a MySpace page to link up with students. I even had a weekly MySpace blog to share with students about our ministry. (Yes, I was the […]
We at MinistryPlace.net are blessed to share a few special guest posts from David Nehring, PhD! Here is a little about him: David Nehring, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist at Bethesda Christian Counseling in Sioux Falls. He has been working in the mental health field both in Christian and in […]
