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Issue #314
6/6/2007
Admit your weaknesses, expand your ministry
by Rick Warren
Often we think we have to hide our weaknesses if we want to see our ministry flourish, yet the opposite is true. Being honest about our limitations can be the first step toward a meaningful ministry. Here are four ways God wants to use our weaknesses to expand our ministry. [more]
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The power of teamwork in youth ministry
by Doug Fields

We're better together. You can't be all that God wants you to be in ministry on your own. In this article Doug Fields shares three ways your youth ministry will be more effective when you team with others.

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Unorthodox
Tommy Kyllonen (Zondervan, 2007)  

The Hip Hop culture has swept across the United States and around the world over the past three decades. Unfortunately, very few churches are effectively reaching into this culture with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Crossover Community Church in Tampa, Fla., is an exception. In this book, the church's lead pastor, Tommy Kyllonen (a.k.a. Urban D), equips church leaders to effectively engage the Hip Hop culture. In the book you'll find Tommy's story, the story of Hip Hop, and ministry insights to reach into the culture with the Gospel.

  
   


"A church must choose to grow or not to grow. Many churches have deliberately chosen not to grow. They make that choice in a variety of ways. They make it by the programs they offer. They make it by the amount of time and energy they invest in evangelism. They make the decision by the size of the building they choose to build.... If we really love God and we really love people, then the desire for church growth cannot be optional." - Rick Warren


"If you search for God with all your heart and soul, you will find him." - Deuteronomy 4:29 (NLT)


Summer reading list - Recently on Pastor Rick's Ministry Podcast, he talked with James Emory White and Richard Mouw about how to stay mentally fresh for ministry. On the podcast blog, you can find a list of books they mentioned (with links to Amazon) and you can listen to the podcast if you missed it.
President Bush proposes five-year, $30 billion HIV/AIDS plan - President Bush is calling on Congress to provide an additional $30 billion toward fighting the global AIDS crisis.
MapStats - This easy-to-use database of federal statistics has information for every county around the United States.
Free resources from Livechurch.tv - There are a variety of free resources for churches on this site.
Company helps churches protect against predators - This article centers on a company that can help churches provide a comprehensive child protection program.


10 things to consider when planning an evangelistic event - Kerry Mackey & Erin Kerr

Fresh ideas for event evangelism - Diana Davis

Three special interest events that can bring people into your church - Dave Stone

Mobilizing your whole church for missions (Part 3) - Skip Lanfried

Atlanta man’s life changed through Celebrate Recovery thanks to local judge - Tobin Perry

Church planting: Finding your first worship leader - Nelson Searcy

Five events from Church history every pastor should know - Tony Chute

Strive for greatness in ministry - Mary Southerland



"In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering." - Howard Hendricks

"The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose." - C.S. Lewis

There are more than 2.35 million Muslims in the United States. Two-thirds of the adult Muslims in the United States were born overseas. - Source: Time magazine (June 4, 2007)

"If a man does not do the will of God, as God requires it of him, step by step, and day by day, his belief is only thrown away. While we are fighting for our creeds, we are wasting the moments that are flying away. I pray [to] God, he will never allow us to waste another moment fighting for a creed." - C. Campbell Morgan, from (Baker, 2007)

"Men, our children are more important than our work. They are more important than our days on the golf course or hours in front of the television. The legacy we leave is not how much money we earned or what level of status we received. The legacy we leave is our children. Take delight in them. Have joy in them. Laugh with them." - Thom S. Rainer, from Raising Dad (B & H Publishing, 2007)

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