April 8, 2024
April 14 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Spiritual Gifts” (1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 27-31), by Mark Scott.
Articles for tag: Church Work
May 1, 2022
Healing Destruction from the Inside
By Laura McKillip Wood Natasha Reimer watched the video flash across her screen, horrified at the view of devastation and death in Ukraine. Lives lost, homes destroyed, orphans created.* She closed her laptop and dropped to her knees. “God, what will become of my people?” she cried. “What can I do to help them?” She prayed this same prayer every night for weeks. Years before, Natasha had attended Kentucky Christian University and eventually earned a master’s degree in diplomacy and international development at University of Kentucky. Although she made her home in the United States, her heart was in Crimea,
April 21, 2017
Safety and Security on Sundays and Beyond
How churches are protecting property and people By Justin Horey On Christmas Eve 2012, thieves broke into Grandview Christian Church in Johnson City, Tennessee, and stole musical instruments and audio-visual equipment belonging to the church”s worship ministry. No one was harmed during the heist, though the theft created additional stress for the church staff on one of the best-attended days of the year. Thankfully, Grandview was able to borrow equipment from another local congregation in time for its worship services that evening, and most of the people who attended had no idea what had transpired earlier in the day. Churches
November 16, 2015
Joe Wilson, ICOM 2015
Joe Wilson, director of the Eastern Christian Conference, describes how church work in the Eastern United States has changed for congregations identifying with the Restoration Movement. See this interview with Mark A. Taylor here.
January 13, 2012
Counting Sheep
Steve Carr questions whether attendance numbers alone can measure church success, examining biblical examples, transfer growth, evangelism, and the need for a broader understanding of congregational faithfulness.
January 10, 2012
In Just One Year: Love Your City
Jon Ferguson explores Jeremiah 29 and challenges Christians to love their cities through exile, shalom, and prayer, seeking the peace and prosperity of the communities where God has placed them.
January 9, 2012
In Just One Year: I Pray I’m Wrong
Rob Kastens considers Christianity’s decline in the West and growth across the Global South, calling Western churches to renew their commitment to disciple-making and support the expanding global church.
January 8, 2012
In Just One Year: Momentous Change and Possibility
Douglas A. Foster considers how spiritual formation, care for marginalized people, church partnerships, Scripture, and Christlike transformation may shape the church amid a season of significant change.
January 7, 2012
In Just One Year: Tell Me It’s Not Just a Dream!
Eleanor Daniel, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Lord's Supper, discipleship, global missions, congregational worship, church unity, Johnson City Tennessee,
January 5, 2012
In Just One Year: The Worst and the Best
Greg Nettle considers economic hardship, declining church attendance, cultural challenges, vulnerable children, and global suffering—and how difficult times can become opportunities for the church to be at her best.
