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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: Ten Trends Impacting American Churches, Part 2
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Sunday, October 9, 2011. Ten Trends Impacting American Churches, Part 2. Celebrity Pastors Replacing Congregations. Four key areas should be considered. A. Social Structures. We live in a twenty four hour a day, seven days a week world. You can shop, eat, go to school, and be entertained all day every day. The constant world doesn’t exclusively fit our Sunday morning (and Sunday evening) schedules. C. Education. Churches and their leaders have allowed the two extremes of creedalism and liberalism to driv...
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: Bubba, Tebow and Celebrity Christianity
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Thursday, April 12, 2012. Bubba, Tebow and Celebrity Christianity. My wife has convinced me. She claims America is more likely to be reached through celebrity Christians than evangelists. I have committed my life to serving in the local church. I believe if America can be reached, it will be through individuals in cities, towns, and communities, working together, meeting needs, and sharing Christ. But mass evangelism is on the decline. Where are the modern day evangelists? On Easter Sunday morning. We ar...
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: March 2012
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Monday, March 19, 2012. Staffing For Success Part 2. The right staff blend can make or break a church. Staffing for success is a spiritual requirement and a managerial art. I will propose several guidelines under three main ideas. Complement the pastor’s strengths and weaknesses. The second staff person to hire should be either a “lay mobilizer” or worship leader depending on the strengths of the pastor and the make up the church. Consider the church’s gifts, talents, passions and abilities. 8221; Hire s...
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Being both a minister and an army reserve chaplain, I have seen how the skills I learned being an army chaplain applied to my civilian ministry. In fact, I would say that my civilian ministry has been significantly sharpened by my military education. What about those ministers who have previous military chaplain experience and want to pursue further education? Or what if a chaplain who is currently serving on active duty or in the reserves wants to pursue an advanced degree?
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: April 2012
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Thursday, April 12, 2012. Bubba, Tebow and Celebrity Christianity. My wife has convinced me. She claims America is more likely to be reached through celebrity Christians than evangelists. I have committed my life to serving in the local church. I believe if America can be reached, it will be through individuals in cities, towns, and communities, working together, meeting needs, and sharing Christ. But mass evangelism is on the decline. Where are the modern day evangelists? On Easter Sunday morning. We ar...
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: February 2012
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Thursday, February 9, 2012. By Dr Randy Ston. Of last year, my family was called to my mother’s home. She was in renal failure and wasn’t expected to live much longer. Mom had suffered with Alzheimer’s for a number of years, but the past few months the decline had been especially rapid. Hospice had provided some quality care and prepared all of us for this time. Since my mother’s death the blog posts have been absent. It has been a setback for me. Expect the posts to this site to resume wit...Information...
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Pursuing Ministry Excellence: October 2011
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Sunday, October 9, 2011. Ten Trends Impacting American Churches, Part 2. Celebrity Pastors Replacing Congregations. Four key areas should be considered. A. Social Structures. We live in a twenty four hour a day, seven days a week world. You can shop, eat, go to school, and be entertained all day every day. The constant world doesn’t exclusively fit our Sunday morning (and Sunday evening) schedules. C. Education. Churches and their leaders have allowed the two extremes of creedalism and liberalism to driv...
