Please pray fervently for Chris and Marla Schmaltz, and their daughter Tadee! She is 9 years old and has been sick for the past six months. The doctors are still trying to figure it all out. She had a spinal tap this week and they are waiting for the results.
Dr. Steve Ogne suggests how to evaluate your church’s effectiveness by taking a look at your Mission Teams and Ministry Teams.
Every need, whether it is a physical need for food or a spiritual need for food, must be exposed and seen. That’s the responsibility of every spiritual leader. Need is everywhere, yet somehow we have conditioned our eyes not to see it. We see problems. We see things to avoid. We see things that aren’t right; but when we don’t see them as needs, we’re less likely to realize we are the ones who should do something about it.
In 1990, my wife and I moved to Castaic, California to start a church.
The dictionary classifies Christianity as a religion, but we must remember it’s far more than that.
I’ve been challenged as I’ve been reading the book T4T: A Discipleship ReRevolution.
Although it’s entitled The Master Plan of Evangelism, it is actually more focused on disciplemaking and leadership development. Robert Coleman first published this book nearly fifty years ago in January 1963.
This past summer, my daughter Madeline was part of a summer missions team from Crossroads Bible Church that traveled to Spain. The team partnered with CBC missionaries to facilitate a soccer camp.
