Intergenerational Outreach: Come Together for Effective Ministry

PRACTICAL MINISTRY SKILLS Intergenerational Outreach: Come Together for Effective Ministry Equip and energize everyone in your church for evangelism and outreach. Store Code: PS116 Format: Microsoft Word  Price: $14.95 Topics: Emergent, Generational differences, Generations, Missional, Service, Unity Filters: Emergent ministry, Evangelism, Generational ministry, Outreach, Pastor,Pastoral care, Seniors ministry, Social justice, Young adults ministry, Youth ministry References: Exodus 12:26-27, Mark 16:15, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23,Proverbs 3:1-2 Each rising generation brings with it a new [...]

Phil’s Article in Church Executive on the Launching of Promiseland at Willow Creek Theater

  Click here … then flow to pages 18 …     Back to the future: Kids learning in community Posted by adminFEATURE STORIESThursday, March 1st, 2012 By Phil Miglioratti One of the originators of Willow Creek Church’s Promiseland shares the intentions and values of that early program. Standing in the middle of a movie theater [...]

Giving or Praying?

We have taught our people that giving to missions is more important than praying for missions. The problem is our results-orientation. We can measure money, but who can measure prayer? We can announce we have met our goal for this offering, but we have no discernable way of detecting whether sufficient prayer has been offered [...]

Impacting Cities and Communities thru Prayer

Impacting Communities and Cities Throu… Phil Miglioratti IBSA Prayer Coordinator teaches at Northern States Rally in Indianapolis

PrayerEvangelism: Choose 2

SPRINGFIELD | “For years, I’ve heard numbers aren’t everything,” said Tim Sadler, IBSA’s Evangelism director. “In one sense, that’s true. But we can never forget that each number represents a person.” The numbers Sadler referenced are the baptisms in IBSA churches in 2011, a figure that decreased 4 percent from the previous year. Despite the [...]

IBSA @ Prayer ~ Praying for Harrisburg and beyond

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief in gear to deploy teams to assist tornado victims ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — Southern Baptist Disaster Relief officials issued an initial assessment Friday night (March 2) after an onslaught of severe storms in several states that left more than 30 people dead. The SBDR bulletin, adapted as a news report, follows: [...]

Chiacgo Metro Pastor

Chicago pastor, 74, earns seminary doctoral degree CHICAGO (BP) — When Don Sharp received his doctoral degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 20 members of the congregation he leads attended the December commencement, applauding their 74-year-old pastor for his of academic achievement. “[The doctoral project] really reinforced the notion that the church has to address [...]

SBC @ Prayer ~ IMB Daily Prayer

Pray Pray daily for the Gospel’s spread You may have heard of Sunni and Shi’ite, but what about Ahmadiyya? Considered a cult by mainstream Muslims, the persecuted Ahmadiyya followers are scattered throughout the world. Some have become believers who want to be missionaries to their own people! Pray for Ahmadiyya believers and others who are [...]

Prayer-CARE-Share ~ New Strategies go beyond cookies & popcorn

Cost-Effective Compassion: The 10 Most Popular Strategies for Helping the Poor Economists rate impact. By Bruce Wydick

Integrating social action and evangelism is essential to reach the whole person . . .

Meeting physical needs is crucial, but it rarely leads to deep and lasting change. Integrating social action and evangelism is essential for reaching the whole person, physically and spiritually. We asked seven pastors and ministry leaders to tell us how they’re serving their communities in ways that result in spiritual transformation. Copyright © 2012 by [...]

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