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Issue #373
3/4/2009

Eight steps to getting out of debt
by Rick Warren

There’s no doubt personal debt has played a key role in the current financial crisis. You’ve got people in your church who are hurting – badly. And debt isn’t just impacting our congregations; it’s impacting the pulpits as well. How do we get out from under it? We’ve got to commit to eight steps and help our members do the same. [more]

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How to navigate cultural and economic shifts
by Dave Gibbons

It’s easy to love people just like us. But when we love those we’re not comfortable being around, that’s supernatural. It’s the type of love that drops jaws and changes lives. In this issue, Dave Gibbons explains how to live out the greatest commandments by adopting “third culture” ways. [more]

Killing Cockroaches: And Other Scattered Musings on Leadership
Tony Morgan (B&H Publishing Group, 2009)
Church would be pretty easy to plan and implement if you didn’t have to take the culture into account. But with more choices than ever to draw people away from Christ and your congregation, church today needs to be both biblically sound and readily believable. Killing Cockroaches gives you honest, hard-hitting insights on everything from marketing and Web design to teambuilding and staffing strategies. It’s action-packed with good ministry ideas. It also includes interviews with some of today’s most creative ministry minds, such as: Craig Groeschel, Mark Batterson, Seth Godin, Steven Furtick, and Guy Kawasaki.

"When I meet others’ needs, God takes care of mine. That’s the economy of God." - Rick Warren

"Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.

For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem. They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do." - 2 Corinthians 1-5 (NLT)

A year’s worth of free sermons from Pastor Rick - This page on Pastors.com has 52 free sermons by Pastor Rick on a variety of topics.
Q Website on culture - Q is a collaboration of ideas spanning the cultural channels of business, politics, media, education, entertainment, and the arts. It’s focused on the future of culture and the church’s responsibility to advance the common good in society. Through this platform, church leaders come together to learn, contribute, and accomplish extraordinary things together.
Harvest Bible Fellowship Blog - James MacDonald’s blog has great thoughts, especially for pastors. You’ll find ministry-related articles on the site and some videos on worship-music-related topics.
National Day of Prayer - As our nation faces difficult times, it’s time to come together to seek God in prayer. The National Day of Prayer is coming up Thursday, May 7. Find out how your church can get involved on this site.
World Evangelical Alliance - World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus in their communities. Find resources, view prayer requests, and learn about projects and events on the site.

How to develop an affordable multi-site strategy - Geoff Surratt

Servolution: establishing a presence in your community - Dino Rizzo

Executive volunteers bring high capacity experience to the church - Scotty Sanders

In what condition is your dwelling place for God? - Mary Southerland

Only 3 percent of American youth see their clergy as role models according to a survey conducted by Junior Achievement and Deloitte. The survey also said 54 percent of youth consider their parents to be role models. - (Source: The Christian Post)

“When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.” - American broadcasting legend Paul Harvey, who died at an Arizona hospital on Feb. 28, 2009

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” - Coretta Scott King

Of the 75 richest people in the history of the world, 14 of them were born in America between 1831 and 1840 – including the two richest people: John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. - (Source: Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers as described in Newsweek 2/16/09)

“Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” - English proverb

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