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Potential Impact of Rising Fuel Costs On Churches

Mick Turner wrote 1 week ago: Mick Turner As fuel prices soar and Americans are confronted with the harsh realities of trying to j … more »

Tags: Christianity, church, church and technology, Culture, church attendance, Churches, Mega Churches, rising fuel costs

The Sin of Polarization: Part Two

Mick Turner wrote 3 weeks ago: Mick Turner In the first part of this article we looked at how the Body of Christ polarized itself i … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, Issues in Transformation, Jesus, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, Culture, Worldview

The Sin of Polarization

Mick Turner wrote 3 weeks ago: Mick Turner The Body of Christ faces many challenges as it moves forward in the 21st Century.  The … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, church, Mission and Calling, Worldview, God's Kingdom, Jesus' teaching, Sin, Church Renewal

Wise Words for Today1 comment

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: The future does not lie with denominations but with base communities. Those very  theological argum … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, Issues in Transformation, Wise Words for Today, Spiritual Quotations, Positive Living, church, Mission and Calling, Culture

The Social Creed of the United Methodist Church

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: The fact that we live in a challenging age goes without saying. Rapid change is taking place through … more »

Tags: Christianity, Morality and Values, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, personal vision, United Methodist Church, Worldview, God's Kingdom

Reflections on the Holy Spirit: Part Two

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: Mick Turner *** In Part One of this article, we looked at a few touchy issues related to how the chu … more »

Tags: Christianity, spiritual formation, Discipleship, Issues in Transformation, Positive Living, church, Ministry, Holy Spirit, Christian Education

Wise Words for Today

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: I want to inspire Christianity today to remove the disciplines from the category of historical curio … more »

Tags: Christianity, spiritual formation, Discipleship, Spiritual Quotations, Positive Living, Service, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry

Reflections on the Holy Spirit: Part One

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: Mick Turner  You might want to brace yourself because right out of the chute I am going to make a s … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, Issues in Transformation, Scripture, church, Ministry, Holy Spirit, Christian Education, Gospel

Wise Words for Today

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: Some Christians respond to outsider’s negativity by promoting a less offensive faith. The unpo … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, Spiritual Quotations, Jesus, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, Culture, Christian Education

LifeBrook Opens New Blog: Restored and Relevant

Mick Turner wrote 1 month ago: I wanted to take this opportunity to inform readers that LifeBrook Ministries has opened a third blo … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, meditation, Service, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, Culture, Christian Education

Christianity for the Rest of Us - Review

Andrew Conard wrote 2 months ago: Christianity for the Rest of Us by Diana Butler Bass was published in 2006 by Harper San Francisco. … more »

Tags: book, changing lives, Christian Community, Emerging Movement, leadership, Missional, Religion, renewing the church, Review

Discipleship and the New Believer: Keeping It Simple4 comments

Mick Turner wrote 2 months ago: MIck Turner My good friend Judd was giddy with excitement as he shared the new, innovative program h … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, spirituality, Service, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, Christian Education, Church & Mission

Wise Words for Today

Mick Turner wrote 2 months ago: No longer can we afford to stand on the cliffs high above the cultural mudslide, chastising people f … more »

Tags: Christianity, Discipleship, spirituality, Service, church, Mission and Calling, Ministry, Culture, Christian Education

Wise Words For Today

Mick Turner wrote 2 months ago: It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion i … more »

Tags: Christianity, spirituality, Wise Words for Today, Spiritual Quotations, Religion, abraham heschel, Judaism

Google Sites at Church4 comments

Andrew Conard wrote 4 months ago: I just read the blog post on Google Sites. This looks like great stuff. I know that our IT team has … more »

Tags: technology, church, Ministry, renewing the church, Google, SharePoint, Microsoft, Google Sites, Google Apps

Where is the United Methodist Church going in the next 25 to 30 years?12 comments

Andrew Conard wrote 9 months ago: This is a question which I received from a member of the congregation earlier this year. This is a g … more »

Tags: UMC, United Methodist Church

United Methodist Polity4 comments

Andrew Conard wrote 1 year ago: This is part of a series of posts on my understanding of faith, ministry and the church. I would enj … more »

Tags: United Methodist Church, probationary membership and commissioning, Christian Community, nature and structure of the Christian church, board of ordained ministry

Emerging and Missional4 comments

Andrew Conard wrote 1 year ago: I found an interesting interview from Steve at World Changers with Alan Hirsch published here. I par … more »

Tags: Emerging Movement, nature and structure of the Christian church, Ministry

Future of Denominations?

Andrew Conard wrote 1 year ago: In the final session of the Mainline Emergent/s gathering, Brian McLaren responded to a question abo … more »

Tags: United Methodist Church, nature and structure of the Christian church, mainline emergent/s


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