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Issue #375
4/1/2009
Easter: God’s antidote to fear
by Rick Warren
The stock market is down. Unemployment is up. People’s 401Ks have taken a nosedive over the past year – and they’re scared. The people coming to your church this Easter need to hear the good news of the gospel more than ever. In this issue, we’ll look at three decisions they can make to overcome fear and find purpose in life. [more]
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Building better campus pastors
by Greg Ligon

Finding, training, and deploying the right leaders is essential to a successful multi-site strategy. You need people who will convey the DNA of the primary campus and carry on the ministry once its launched. How do you find and develop these campus pastors? In this issue, Greg Ligon gives you four tips to get started. [more]

Organic Leadership
Neil Cole (Baker Books, 2009)  

In his new book, Cole provides a bold and exciting approach to leadership development. You’ll learn to re-think leadership within your local church and discover how to get rid of the factors that hinder leadership development. It’s a great resource for learning how to develop leaders within your unique church context. Whether or not you read Cole’s Organic Church, this book will be a great addition to your library.

 
   


"The unchurched aren’t asking for watered-down messages, just practical ones. They want to hear something on Sunday that they can apply on Monday." - Rick Warren


"The angel spoke to the women. ‘Don’t be afraid!’ he said. ‘I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you.'" - Matthew 28:5-7 (NLT)

"He said, ‘Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’" - Luke 24:46-47 (NLT)


Refuel series - Check out the new Website for Doug Fields’ Refuel series at Saddleback.
Greg Surratt’s blog - Seacoast Church’s Greg Surratt posts regularly on ministry issues on his blog – including multi-site ministry, leadership, and more.
Pastor urges Christian parents to avoid ‘fortress mentality’ - Pastor Larry Shallenberger encourages parents to allow their children to build relationships with lost kids in their schools – in order to reach them with the Gospel.
Preaching.com - Find great articles on preaching, illustrations, book reviews, and more. You can also sign up for a free e-newsletter.
Global Day of Prayer - The 2009 Global Day of Prayer is coming up on May 31. Unite with millions of other Christians from a range of cultures and denominations to pray for the world. You can register your event, download resources, and learn more on this site.


The preaching of the cross - Warren Wiersbe

Five things pastors and worship leaders have always wanted to say to each other - Tommy Walker

Jesus and true revival - Carol Madison

Plunging into God’s plan - Mary Southerland


“Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” - Clarence W. Hall

“Our faith is an astounding thing – astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.” - Martin Luther

“Any simpleton can follow the narrow path in the light: faith’s rare wisdom enables us to march on in the dark with infallible accuracy, since she places her hands in that of her great Guide.” - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lessons to My Students

“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” - Pope John Paul II

“Proclaiming the whole gospel, then, means much more than evangelism in the hopes that people will hear and respond to the good news of salvation by faith in Christ. It also encompasses tangible compassion for the sick and the poor as well as biblical justice, efforts to right the wrongs that are so prevalent in our world…The whole gospel is truly good news for the poor, and it is the foundation for a social revolution that has the power to change the world.” - Richard Stearns, The Hole in Our Gospel (Thomas Nelson, 2009)

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