January 11, 2009
AKA: Daniel Read
Cincinnati Christian University senior Daniel Read brings humor, warmth, and improvisational energy to Standard Publishing’s “Studio GO! Game Show” VBS as the winsome host Wade Winalot.
Articles for tag: Standard Publishing
December 14, 2008
Disability Ministry in the Christian Church
Jim Pierson reflects on 25 years of disability ministry influence through CCFH, highlighting church resources, training partnerships, and congregations serving people with disabilities.
December 7, 2008
Serving the Senders: Encouraging Parents of Missionaries
Parents of missionaries often carry unseen grief, sacrifice, and calling. Diane Stortz and Cheryl Savageau explain how churches can encourage POMs and help missionary families stay connected across distance.
December 3, 2008
Big Ideas for Smaller Churches
Mark A. Taylor highlights how the Energizing Smaller Churches Network encourages leaders in smaller congregations and shares the spring and summer 2009 ESCN conference schedule.
September 24, 2008
Interview with Mike Kilgallin
Mike Kilgallin reflects on his calling to lead Crossroads College, the value of Bible college education, and how Christian schools can serve churches and the Restoration Movement.
September 21, 2008
Outstanding Christian Leaders Honored at NACC
Standard Publishing and Milligan College honored eight Christian leaders at the North American Christian Convention, recognizing adults and students for servant leadership in churches and communities.
September 14, 2008
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Five by Oliver Sacks, MD
LeRoy Lawson reflects on Oliver Sacks’s books, especially Musicophilia, and considers how music, the brain, suffering, communication, and worship intersect in deeply human ways.
September 10, 2008
New Name, Consistent Service
Mark A. Taylor introduces Diane Jones as Christian Standard’s new magazine production coordinator and thanks the staff members who guided the magazine through a season of transition.
August 31, 2008
Everyone Connected: Relational Strategies to Get Your Whole Church Involved
Michael C. Mack offers seven relational strategies for helping people connect in small groups, urging church leaders to equip God’s people and restore a New Testament understanding of church.
August 24, 2008
Life-Influencers
Sam E. Stone remembers teachers, friends, preachers, and elders whose quiet encouragement helped shape his faith, ministry, and desire to influence others for good.
What Will Keep Us Together?
John Derry reflects on how Christian colleges and universities help connect independent Christian churches, strengthen shared identity, and prepare leaders rooted in the Restoration Movement.
July 13, 2008
Restoration Movement Q&A 4
Pat Magness reflects on her deepening commitment to the Restoration Movement, emphasizing local congregations, Christian unity, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and a Christ-centered faith.
Interview with Leonard Wymore
Leonard Wymore reflects on the North American Christian Convention, addressing its purpose, declining attendance, cost challenges, programming concerns, and renewed opportunities for churches across the movement.
What Is an Elder”s Most Important Job?
By Arron Chambers Who is an elder supposed to be? The Bible makes it clear Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God”s church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall
Hoping to See You in Cincinnati!
Standard Publishing welcomes the North American Christian Convention to Cincinnati with sponsored events including a Restoration Heritage Tour, luncheon, President’s Reception, and Minister’s Mentorship Breakfasts.
June 8, 2008
God’s Word on Great Shepherds
Michael C. Mack explores the biblical role of shepherd-leaders in small groups, emphasizing stewardship, personal care, spiritual growth, and outreach to those who are lost.
June 8, 2008
Great Small Groups Need Shepherds
Michael C. Mack explains why great small group leaders must be more than facilitators or hosts. They are shepherds who follow Jesus’ model of spiritual guidance and care.
June 8, 2008
Small Group Resources that Make a Big Impact
Dale Reeves highlights small group ministry resources from Standard Publishing designed to strengthen biblical community, deepen faith, and equip churches with participant guides, discussion books, and multimedia studies.
Available Only from Us
By Mark A. Taylor This information isn”t available anywhere else. That was the comment one reader made about the expanded Christian college issue CHRISTIAN STANDARD published March 16. The same is true for this week”s issue. Hidden on the computer hard drives of several campus ministers, the directory we publish annually tells our thousands of readers about these ministries. Keep this issue or send it to college-age students you know. Or find the directory at our Web site and bookmark it for future reference. Hundreds of Christian students on secular campuses across the country are making life-changing commitments to God
April 13, 2008
How Healthy Are Our Megachurches? (An Introduction)
Christian Standard’s annual megachurch issue expands its reporting with more analysis, health indicators, and an interview with Kent Fillinger. Learn about the 2007 Megachurch Report: Deluxe Edition and how readers can help identify missing churches.
