“All my life, I’ve known something was missing, and now I know what it was.” These were the words of Bob, a man who at the age of 80 found his way back to God and named Christ as the Lord of his life. Bob became a Christ follower while living in Carillon, a 55+ living community located in Plainfield, IL. Nearly 6 years ago, Community Christian Church, a multi-site campus based church in Naperville, IL, saw the ministry opportunities within …
For a few years, I and plenty of others have been preaching the message of simple, clean design. At the same time, I’ve been teaching about the enormous media clutter that makes up our lives. Some researchers say that the average American sees as many as 5,000 media messages a day - from billboards, print ads, banner ads on websites, TV and radio commercials - even video monitors on gas …
It is exciting to see more and more churches begin to reach out to children impacted by physical, intellectual, and sensory disabilities. Children’s ministry leaders have begun to intentionally vary modalities and teach to different learners within their classes and programs. Making allowances for preferred learning styles, taking into account each child’s strength and weakness, and realizing the need for sensory rich programs benefits all children, not just the child with special needs.
Like all children, those with disabilities grow up. What happens to the child who has now aged out of children’s ministry programs? Where will …
How would describe some of the rewards of leading a multi-ethnic church to pastors who have spent their vocational lives within a homogeneous church?
For eighteen years prior to planting Mosaic I served homogeneous congregations. Like my friends and colleagues serving such churches today, I was blessed on numerous occasions to experience God working in and through me for his glory. Nevertheless, my wife and I have found an inimitable dimension of the …
I am excited to be part of NOC 2010. To listen and to learn from leaders and pastors who have a heart for reaching out. It is such a great time to connect with friends, learn and recalibrate our hearts and our churches to be about reaching and loving our communities.
At one of the …