August 2, 2009
Toney Salva offers practical guidance for churches welcoming former Catholics, emphasizing patience, humility, biblical teaching, children’s ministry, and a focus on Jesus rather than Catholic bashing.
July 26, 2009
Anne Jackson examines how personality, personal history, health, and spiritual drift can make church leaders and volunteers more vulnerable to burnout.
July 26, 2009
By Kelly Kastens In the fall of 2004 we moved into a long-awaited, brand-new worship center. It was an awesome time in the life of our church. And, for a while, it was an awesome time in my life. As worship programming director, I was insanely busy, but it was fun and it felt like we were doing something that mattered. God was showing up every week and new people were showing up every week and life change was happening. While all these good things were going on, I was getting busier and busier. There was always more to do,
July 26, 2009
Derek L. Duncan reflects on Psalm 33 and the comfort Scripture gives when believers feel alone, lost, or burdened by the pressure to control life.
Ethan Magness reflects on how repeated participation in the Lord's Supper can shape believers, warning that Communion can either deepen faith or become empty ritual.
A Christian Standard resource on the Lord's Supper gathers past articles exploring Communion’s memory, meaning, power, purpose, and promise for churches and believers.
Ethan Magness reflects on the Lord's Supper as a meal of memory, thanksgiving, and proclamation, pointing readers to Communion’s power to shape faith over time.
July 12, 2009
Jim Tune reflects on the Lord’s Supper, remembrance, and the importance of keeping Communion central in weekly worship, introducing a Christian Standard resource on its power, purpose, and promise.
Paul Blowers reflects on the Lord’s Supper, memory, Alzheimer’s disease, and the church’s powerful calling to remember Christ on behalf of those who can no longer remember.
Victor Knowles connects the 1909 Communion gathering in Pittsburgh with the 2009 Great Communion, inviting Restoration Movement churches worldwide to share the Lord’s Supper together.
Victor Knowles introduces a Christian Standard resource on the Lord’s Supper and shares a sample reflection on Thomas Campbell, Christian unity, and Communion as “that great ordinance of unity and love.”
July 12, 2009
Paul E. Boatman reflects on Chinese officials’ surprising openness toward Christian influence, shaped by house churches, earthquake relief, and the visible compassion of believers in China.
Douglas A. Foster reflects on the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement’s plea for visible Christian unity, its painful divisions, and the renewed opportunity offered by the Great Communion.
Rod Roberts reflects on Iowa’s same-sex marriage ruling, cultural discernment, and the responsibility of Christian leaders to understand the times and engage moral issues in the public square.
LifeBridge Christian Church partners with Weld County’s MYAT program to help at-risk teens and their families through counseling, mentoring, parent support, and coordinated community intervention.
Luke Erickson and Tom Moen describe how churches can partner with local government to serve neighbors, build trust, and create space for the gospel through practical community outreach.
July 5, 2009
John Mills reflects on the Open Forum’s 26-year effort to foster dialogue, church planting, mission, and unity among Christian churches/churches of Christ and the wider Stone-Campbell Movement.
RiverTree Christian Church’s Born in Our Hearts ministry supports adoptive and foster families through prayer, resources, events, encouragement, and adoption grants.
Greg and Julie Nettle’s adoption journey included waiting, heartbreak, renewed hope, and the joy of welcoming Elijah into their family through a community committed to caring for at-risk children.
Kathy Alexander shares how adopting her daughter from China inspired Fairfield Christian Church to launch a ministry helping families pursue adoption, foster care, and orphan care.
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