Mar 20, 2018

by John J. Pethtel I like John Maxwell. I have read many of his books. I agree with many of the things that he says. One of those things that has been beneficial to me has been to do a personal evaluation. I used to just hope that things in my life would get better without doing any assessment or working at it. While God is gracious, it turns out that He has...

Mar 20, 2018

by John J. Pethtel   Chances are you don’t want to see your church stop accomplishing its mission. One of the primary missions of the local church is to reach new people with Christ’s love, which, naturally, implies growth. But almost every church (and almost every organization) faces seasons in which growth stops. Some haven’t seen growth in years…or...

Mar 20, 2018

By Clinton R. Brown Executive Director   In October of 2015, I had the privilege of traveling to the African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi with Johnmark Camenga, pastor of Lost Creek SDB Church in West Virginia. Before going, the lead pastor in Burundi, Gilbert Ndwayo, advised me that we should not follow through on our plans to travel into...

Mar 20, 2018

By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church in Colton, CA   A couple of weeks ago I watched a buzzfeed video where they challenged themselves to do a hundred squats for thirty days. The video consisted of three people, two females and one male. The video takes you throughout the different days from each participant’s perspective. In the beginning, the...

Mar 20, 2018

By Pastor Philip Lawton 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did...