This entire month we have been celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Tomorrow will be 500 years to the day when Martin Luther sparked the Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Many of us know him for that epic act. Yet, what is... Continue Reading →
Reformation Quiz
By Dr. Clark Armstrong This month is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. We have enjoyed several reflections in the past two weeks, but now let’s take a simple five question quiz about the Reformation to see what has been learned so far? Click here to take the quiz online: Reformation Quiz #1 – The... Continue Reading →
Hus’ Last Words
*Excerpt from Five Minutes in Church History by Dr. Stephen Nichols. This month we are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation by writing various reflections concerning this momentous occasion and its influence. Dr. Stephen Nichols does the same thing in his Five Minutes in Church History, a podcast I highly recommend. The following... Continue Reading →
The Protestant Reformation 500 Years Later
“Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out…At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses” (Numbers 9:21, 23). October 2017 is a special month. It marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant... Continue Reading →
8 Good Questions to Evaluate Your Church
By Dan Reiland It’s easy to get so busy doing ministry that you don’t take the time to evaluate your ministry. But evaluation is how you get better. It’s like your annual physical. No one wants to get a check-up, blood work, and maybe a test or two, but that’s how you learn what you... Continue Reading →
Mission Briefing: Be a Sender
By Howard Culbertson Not infrequently, people think the only way they can participate in to-the-ends-of-the-earth evangelism is by flying to another country. They are wrong. “Going” is just one avenue of world mission involvement. Indeed, those who leave home to become career missionaries need a cadre of consecrated and zealous supporters back home. A few... Continue Reading →
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Impacted With The Message Of The Gospel
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico has been impacted greatly with the message of the gospel through the missional program of Project Paul. From July 15 through August 6, 2017 this ministry was implemented as part of the Border Initiative, coordinated by the Molina Gutiérrez family. Last April, after visiting the seven Nazarene congregations in the city,... Continue Reading →
The Reformation(s) of the Church
*During the month of October we will be focusing on the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. By Charles W. Christian Looking back on the Protestant Reformation reminds us of God's continual desire to be in right relationship with His Church. Reformation before Luther Though the catalyst to the series of events known today as the... Continue Reading →
The Worst Brand Ever
By Rev. Brady Wisehart Dying to live I was greeted this morning as I sifted through my inbox with an email titled “We can HELP your Church’s brand” sent from a church branding company. I had not solicited help form this company and I was about to move the email to the trash folder when... Continue Reading →
A Multicultural Missionary Summer
On July 7-23, 2017 the communities of Cecara and Banegas in Santiago, Dominican Republic were blessed with the Maximum Mission and “4x4: All-Terrain” Global Mission projects hosted by Genesis missionaries Wendy Rivera, Sugey Barron and Joselyn Garcia. The missionaries were also assisted by brothers and sisters in Christ from the USA, Puerto Rico, Mexico and... Continue Reading →