I am writing about the challenges of raising support and funding ministry. Without a doubt, the biggest challenge is learning to confront wrong paradigms and misunderstandings related to partnership development. Many people do not realize that raising support actually creates financial stability or that living on support is normative for those in full-time ministry in […]
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Note: This part 2 of a series on Prayer Missionaries and Levites “There are some such to be found in this place today, whom God has taken from among the Gentiles to be priests and Levites unto him… there is a people to be found this day who offer unto God acceptable prayer and praise,
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Note: This part 1 of a series on prayer missionaries and Levites The Global Prayer Movement’s Full-Time Workers One of the most fascinating aspects of the emerging global prayer movement is thousands of full-time & part-time prayer missionaries. These men and women are serving the global prayer movement as their vocation and primary ministry calling.
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1. Jesus is worthy. Full stop. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying:“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth
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A unique aspect to apostolic ministry, which would include much of what we call “missions”, is that you frequently sow where you do not reap and reap where you do not sow. Most people who have not done this kind of ministry don’t ever even think about this unique dynamic. “I sent you to reap
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The ultimate solution to any corruption within a system or structure (government, economy, church, business) is to correct the character of the people that make up the structure. While it is true that broken systems hinder people from making good decisions, it is also true that the best systematic improvements will only be temporary if
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Beyond Sunday Worship With the explosion of modern worship over the last 20-30 years, we have more resources than ever for leading a slick Sunday morning worship set. There are tutorials, magazines, schools, podcasts, multitracks, service planning apps, Youtube videos, chord charts, conferences and MORE on how to produce your Sunday morning worship “programming”. All
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Something unique happens when we’re going vertical and ministering to the Lord TOGETHER. It’s called being a priesthood.
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I wonder if a greater perspective of what God’s doing in the global Church might help us Americans tease out our culture (or subculture) from the essence of Christianity. Even within America, we argue among the various subcultures within the Church about what is a true expression of Christianity, but the body of Christ is
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There seems to be trend of leaders, particularly worship leaders, who want to avoid songs and prayers that ask God to “come” and instead focus on the indwelling presence of God – Emmanuel, God with us. I think this is an unbiblical overreaction. For Christians, God IS with us. He is in us. Christ is
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