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Prayer Guide for your Church and Pastor! - Into Thy Word Ministries
Got problems in your church, then pray, have a great pastor? Then pray more… Do you desire to fire your pastor? Perhaps you should fire them up instead! Do you want to leave your church? Perhaps you should be the one to build it up! The best way to build your church and fire up your pastor is to...
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The Praying Church - Into Thy Word Ministries
Is prayer at your church dull, dry, and boring? Why? “Prayer can do anything that God can do, as God can do anything, prayer is omnipotent.” Many Christian leaders, possibly stating with Augustine, said that prayer is the occupation of the soul. For the...
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What the Healthy Church Looks Like - Into Thy Word Ministries
“Summarizing What God Calls Us To Do = Depending On The Cross” “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All...
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Is Your Church Healthy? - Into Thy Word Ministries
What Your Church Can Look Like. What would your church look like if you took away the pastor(s), the music and worship, the buildings, the favored programs, the sacraments and ceremonies, as well as the events and Sunday School? What would you have left?
http://70030.netministry.com/articles_view.asp?articleid=32767&columnid=3881
The Twelve Characteristics of the Healthy Church - Into Thy Word Ministries
Your church cannot be based on just one good thing and ignore the rest. These are the 12 characteristics that form a church that pleases our Lord. Each of these distinctions are extremely important; however I feel I placed them in a hierarchal arrangement. That is the first one is more important...
http://70030.netministry.com/articles_view.asp?articleid=32733&columnid=3881
The Three Essential Priorities for the Church - Into Thy Word Ministries
What is the role of your Church? The church has many roles and duties that have been expounded in Scripture and have been found by the experience of ministry. For example, the Bible says nothing of youth ministry, or children’s ministry specifically, so does this mean we are not to do...
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The Call for the Church - Into Thy Word Ministries
The Church exists by what Christ has done for us in and for His Glory! The Church is also the production of His work. The church exists for us to be in Christ our Lord, to be His people, and His hands and feet. It may have started with the promise to Abraham...
http://70030.netministry.com/articles_view.asp?articleid=32725&columnid=3881
A Primer on How to Lead and Manage the Church - Into Thy Word Ministries
Biblical Principles Of God’s Call to Manage His Flock. The goal of this Primer is to lay forth to you suggestions from God’s Word and from my own experience on how to effectively run a church. These are based on many years of research and study and observing the top 1000+ churches in the world...
http://70030.netministry.com/articles_view.asp?articleid=32766&columnid=3881
The Power of Small Groups
There are times when smaller is even better, and healthier. Growing deeper, sharing life together, becoming more intimate, real, honest and open really comes from the power of small groups.
http://ymexchange.com/Youth-Ministry-Articles/The-Power-of-Small-Groups.html
Schaeffer Institute
The Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development. It is our VISION and call, and commitment to point the church back onto the path of making disciples. It is our passion and directive to lead Christians away from our false perceptions and into His way.
http://intothyword.org/pages.asp?pageid=53513