Articles for tag: Tampa Florida

February 14, 2010

Christian Standard

NACC: The Rock & The Rabbi

By Phyllis Fox So, you want to hear about the Rabbi. Good. You”ll get your chance at the Thursday-evening session of the North American Christian Convention. I should warn you, though, it”s challenging to find the right words that will take you BEYOND your imaginations and BEYOND your previous theater experiences, because The Rock & The Rabbi is so much more. Beyond the synagogues and shorelines, beyond the church walls and workplaces””the Rabbi says, “Follow Me. I”ll make you fishers of men.” It all begins with a name-changing encounter and a miraculous catch of fish for Peter, the Rock, when

August 5, 2007

Christian Standard

How One Church Is Leaving a Legacy

By Thomas F. Jones Jr. Death is the end of the natural order of things. A body wears out and dies. This is true of local churches as well as human beings. Perhaps the greatest church in the New Testament was at Antioch, but there is no evidence of that church today. It died. Its legacy is found in the churches that were started after Antioch. Today some 4,000 churches a year in America close their doors. This number is likely to increase as our parents and grandparents die. There is hope. As Christians we are assured death does not

July 29, 2007

Christian Standard

A Much Needed Ministry: Reflections of a New Consultant

By J.R. Carrel “Who ya” gonna” call?” was the catch phrase made popular by the 1984 hit movie Ghost Busters, but for us it was a serious cry for help. We were a 35-year-old church in a lousy location and in a complete tailspin. Our attendance was dropping steadily, and we were barely able to pay the bills. We had refinanced the building the year before, a move that had kept us from closing the doors then. But now we knew something drastic had to be done or we weren”t going to survive. We needed help, but we didn”t know

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