August 29, 2007
For 58 years, Pete and Pat Mitchell—“The Singing Mitchells”—served churches through music, revivals, and steady travel from their home in Robinson, Illinois. They share how marriage, family life, and ministry shaped their journey.
August 29, 2007
CHRISTIAN STANDARD outlines a 2008 plan featuring 12 special themed issues with expanded pages and additional advertising, while also rotating its roster of contributing editors and welcoming four new members.
August 26, 2007
As U.S. population shifts, Christian churches must plant more congregations where growth is happening. This article surveys “static cities,” emerging regions, and cooperative networks, urging churches to respond to migration patterns with bold, sustained church planting.
August 26, 2007
Marathon training reveals a surprising truth: finishing is less about muscles than motivation. This devotional contrasts fear, reward, and love—and points to Christ’s love as the strength that helps believers go the distance.
August 26, 2007
An Arab-Israeli team in northern Israel partnered with the Christian HolyLand Foundation to serve full-time in benevolence and evangelism. Their work seeks unity across denominational lines and fosters unprecedented ministry between Arabs and Jews in Christ.
August 26, 2007
Bill Westfall reflects on God’s guidance through decades of ministry and a surprising new season of unity at Boise State University, where prayer and a shared focus on Jesus are helping campus ministers become imitators of him.
August 22, 2007
Church leaders share how congregations can impact culture by going beyond their walls—serving schools, shelters, and neighborhoods—while keeping disciple-making central, not merely counting how many newcomers were never part of a church.
August 19, 2007
A brief roundup of books on business as mission, tentmaking, microenterprise, and kingdom entrepreneurship—highlighting practical approaches for ministry in places closed to conventional missionary work.
August 19, 2007
A kingdom business can be both 100 percent business and 100 percent Christian. See how a milling operation helped farmers, strengthened livelihoods, and created opportunities for evangelism, baptisms, and new churches in a country closed to traditional missionaries.
August 19, 2007
John and James serve with Christian Missionary Fellowship in Asia through a first-class fitness center—real business, real relationships, and steady gospel witness—pointing toward staff outreach and a future church plant.
August 19, 2007
A California church partnered with leaders in Nairobi’s Mathare Valley to support microenterprise as mission. One $8 loan helped Elizabeth start a chapati business, escape exploitation, and grow in faith and community.
August 19, 2007
How can the gospel be communicated amid poverty and despair? This article explains “business as mission,” outlining three levels of investment and a “quadruple bottom line” that combines profit, ministry, community impact, and stewardship.
August 19, 2007
After more than two decades of unity-focused gatherings, the Restoration Forum will conclude this September. Victor Knowles recounts its origins, key milestones, and why organizers believe it’s time to move from conversation to cooperation.
August 15, 2007
Mike Prior of Financial Planning Ministry explains living trusts, probate, and why many families delay estate planning. He also shares how planned giving through estate gifts can strengthen local churches and ministry partners.
August 15, 2007
A testimony video at the North American Christian Convention and a Wall Street Journal column point to the same truth: evangelism changes hearts—and those changed hearts can help redeem a culture.
August 15, 2007
Mike Prior of Financial Planning Ministry explains wills, living trusts, and probate in plain English—and why estate planning can become a meaningful stewardship opportunity that strengthens local churches and ministry work over time.
August 12, 2007
After visiting Nairobi’s slums, Tim Harlow shares sobering realities of poverty and HIV/AIDS and urges believers to act like Jesus—supporting children, caring for the vulnerable, and trusting the church to bring lasting hope.
August 12, 2007
East 91st Street Christian Church in Indianapolis supports HIV/AIDS and hunger relief through long-term partnerships with CMF International and Food for the Hungry, plus an annual Thanksgiving weekend world hunger offering.
August 12, 2007
Southland Christian Church shares how it addresses HIV/AIDS and world hunger through global partnerships and local outreach. Learn how ministries in Africa and initiatives in Lexington aim to break cycles of need through care, support, and discipleship.
August 12, 2007
Mount Pleasant Christian Church built a six-week “Imagine” series on Matthew 25 and paired each message with action—food and clothing drives, orphan support, AIDS caregiver kits for Zimbabwe, and focused prayer for the persecuted church.
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