“Steal Away Home” is the story of the unlikely friendship between the world’s most famous preacher, Charles Spurgeon, and Thomas Johnson, who spent 28 years as a slave in the United States before training at Spurgeon’s college and being commissioned to Africa as a missionary.
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4 Types of People Curious about the Church
Christian bookstore visitors range from quilting-bee grandmothers to rough-and-tumble bikers.
While each guest may look different on the outside, I find they often ask similar questions. These questions reveal four types of people who may be future guests at your church.
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A New Way to Measure Discipleship?
Churches often measure success in ministry and whether someone is a mature disciple by using output goals, such as attendance, giving, and serving. But we need to think about input goals as well.
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Sacred Spaces: How Your Church Building Can Bless Your Community 7 Days a Week
Whether through after-school programs, food pantries, or counseling services, local churches are community hubs providing a variety of resources and meeting multiple needs.
Here are four churches that are using their facilities to serve and bless their communities seven days a week.
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Discipling in an Age of Biblical Illiteracy
America has a literacy problem. Almost 14 percent of the adult population cannot read. But illiteracy isn’t just a problem in secular society. A far worse kind of illiteracy affects the church: Biblical illiteracy.
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5 Surprising Aspects of Spiritually Healthy Churches
Among the 30 percent of American churches that say they are thriving, five factors show up more frequently than in other churches.
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