Articles for tag: Faith Cafe

June 8, 2008

By Dale Reeves There is more than small talk today about small groups. There are churches with groups, churches composed of groups, and churches that are groups (i.e., the house church movement). In his book Creating Community, lead pastor Andy Stanley says of Northpoint Community Church, “Small groups are not an appendage to our ministry; they are our ministry. We think groups. We are driven by groups.” According to The Barna Group, approximately 11 million people, or 55 percent of America”s 20 million evangelicals, participate in some kind of small group each week. More than two-thirds of American churches use

July 8, 2007

Christian Standard

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Standard Publishing Annual Report: Joining Hands in Ministry

By Matthew Thibeau “Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not.” Those words, found in the King James Version of Jeremiah 50, are significant for two reasons. They meant much to those who first heard them: God is warning his people to flee the nation of Babylon and the doom that is about to come upon it. The pagan idols will be destroyed. The divided nation, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.” They will return to Jerusalem to

July 8, 2007

Christian Standard

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For the Church . . . for Today

By Staff Faith CafÃ© is just another example of the Bible-teaching tools Standard Publishing provides for the local church. In addition to our Bible-teaching tools for children and teenagers, used by thousands of churches, Faith CafÃ© is the latest of several new products we”re offering to help adults study God”s Word. For example, our line of small groups materials is growing. Â Â “¢ We”ve just introduced four innovative Tuning Into God small groups guides. Your group will listen to the music and then learn from God”s Word with each of these six-session guides: Songs from “The Beatles 1″ (item