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From a financial standpoint, most churches performed amazingly well during the course of COVID-19. Now, with unprecedented levels of cash on hand, church leaders must strategize how best to steward these resources.
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Offering as Worship
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KCU’s president is concerned we are inadvertently deemphasizing the biblical concept of the offering as worship.
(Updated) Wayne Shaw and ‘Finishing Well’
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We mark the passing of Wayne Shaw with this column on “Finishing Well” which he wrote for Christian Standard in 2001. Shaw was a lifelong ambassador for Lincoln Christian University, which he served as preaching professor and seminary dean.
CIY President: ‘It’s Good to Be Back’
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After 15 months without holding a single event because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christ In Youth is back. In late May, the Joplin, Mo.-based organization resumed its summer conference season for middle and high school students.
JUTN Royals Join NAIA (Plus News Briefs)
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Johnson University Tennessee joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics effective July 1. Additional brief news items about Traders Point Christian Church, LCU’s Jim Allison, the Michigan Christian Convention, and more.
Idaho Church Builds Relationships with Gardening
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The garden outreach at Canyon Springs Christian Church, Middleton, Idaho, began in the spring of 2018 and provides food to people in need through food banks and other nonprofits in the area.
Bible Bowl Making Changes to Game
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National Bible Bowl director Josiah Gorman said the ministry knew there was a problem when 40 percent of their players left at the end of each season and did not return. The ministry’s leaders decided it was time for some changes . . .
New Book Honors Joe Grana (Plus News Briefs)
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Colleagues and former students of Joe Grana have written a book in honor of the educator and minister — “Looking Both Ways: At the Intersection of the Academy and the Church—Essays in Honor of Joseph C. Grana II.”
Person to Person Ministries Prepares for 50th Hillsboro Family Camp
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From July 26 to 29, Ohio-based Person 2 Person Ministries will host its 50th Hillsboro Family Camp, bringing together Christians for fellowship, worship, and learning after a difficult year of social distancing.