Listen in as Keith Inman at 2008’s Collegiate Week East talks about providing clean and pure water (physically and spiritually) for people in need, and how we as Christians should be stepping into the pain of the world to show what a difference Christ can make. … [Read more...]
Listen to Their Stories
Editor’s Note: We are constantly looking for churches that are successfully implementing young adult programs. Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee has a thriving Tuesday night gathering for young adults called Kairos. Pastor Mike Glenn just published In Real Time: Authentic Young Adult Ministry as it Happens. In the book, Glenn tells the story of Kairos in hopes that it will inspire other churches in their young adult ministry efforts. Much of Glenn’s writing is informed by the findings of Lifeway Research. We … [Read more...]
The Bible Goes Green
A few months ago, a review copy of a new book landed on my desk—The Green Bible. New books cross my desk every day, but this is by far the most interesting one yet. Here’s what I love about The Green Bible: Now is the time for Christians to reclaim environmentalism. It’s such a touchy subject, but no matter how “green” you are or refuse to be, caring for our world is a Christian stewardship issue that has drifted far from the church. In addition to being printed with eco-friendly material, The Green Bible … [Read more...]
How Do You Stay In God’s Word?
Threads Research
At Threads, our goal is to minister directly to young adults and partner with leaders who are seeking to do the same. In order to do this effectively, it’s important for us to actually understand who young adults are. We need to know how they think and what they believe. It’s our desire to accurately capture the voice of this generation so we can better minister to them. Drawing from our own opinions alone simply isn’t enough. Instead, we are committed to crossing every “T” and dotting every … [Read more...]
Hunger
Priorities for Part-time Ministers
This week we’re answering the following question raised at last year’s Connect Conference: Since I am part-time in ministry, what are the top three things I should commit to in order to make ministry happen? I just finished a part-time ministry position in a church, so this is one question I can answer with pretty good clarity. Make sure you are on the same page as the full-time ministers in your church. Because you won’t spend endless hours with the ministerial staff, you need to make sure expectations and … [Read more...]
He Knows the End
Stories They Can Tell Themselves
People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. What leaders do: they give people stories they can tell themselves. Stories about the future and about change. from Tribes by Seth Godin About a month ago I was reading through Tribes by Seth Godin and was really inspired by the above quotation. Godin has the ability to take concepts you think you already know and word them in a manner like … [Read more...]
Prayer and Barley Biscuits
Tony Merida shared a message at Collegiate Week that we would like to share today. Tony talks about prayer, how we’re all barley biscuits, and how God will use us because He is able. … [Read more...]
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