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Shepherding Your Church Toward Growth

February 4, 2019 • John Lathrop
There is no easy way to create growth in a church. Growth is the result of a cooperative effort between the Lord, church leaders, and the members of the congregation.... Read More

Clashes in the Kingdom

January 31, 2019 • John Lathrop
The ministry can be messy; one of the messy aspects of ministry is conflict. It existed in the first-century church and it also exists in the contemporary church. I don’t... Read More

Ministry Partnerships

January 25, 2019 • John Lathrop
In reading through the New Testament one thing that becomes clear is that the early followers of Jesus worked together. This is most evident when we consider the lives of... Read More

Redirection

January 22, 2019 • John Lathrop
The Lord has given each of us a mind. Every day we use it to make decisions, some of these decisions are made with hardly a thought, and others are... Read More

Why Pastors Will Be Crucial In Leading the Church Back to Being “the Head, Not the Tail” in Culture and Science

January 16, 2019 • Craig Dumont
A friend of mine, Jeremy Sexton, is the pastor of Christ the King, a church with a weekly attendance of 225. Interestingly, his church, located in Springfield, MO, is not... Read More

Tongues: The Controversial Gift

January 8, 2019 • John Lathrop
This is the first chapter of John Lathrop’s book, “The Power and Practice of the Church: God, Discipleship and Ministry.” It appeared in Pneuma Review and is reprinted with permission... Read More

Ministering By Gift

December 17, 2018 • John Lathrop
Note: This article was first published at www.beritamujizat.com (Miracle News), an Indonesian site documenting God’s work throughout the world and is reprinted here with permission. “A man can receive only... Read More

Barnabas: A Positive Role Model For Discipleship

December 17, 2018 • John Lathrop
Note: This article was first published at www.beritamujizat.com (Miracle News), an Indonesian site documenting God’s work throughout the world and is reprinted here with permission. One of my favorite people... Read More

Thoughts on Genesis and the Coming Creativity

November 30, 2018 • Craig Dumont
No excerpt... Read More