Is the average age in your church or denomination climbing ominously? If so, then it’s time to do what others have done to reverse the trend that leads to decline. Sandra timidly enters a worship meeting. She feels ashamed of last night’s escapade and asks herself, “Can God forgive me?” Hoping desperately, she sits out of sight. Two elderly ladies spot her and whisper. “What are they saying?” Sandra wonders. “Is it my dress? Hair too mussy? Rings in the wrong part of my body?” … [Read more...]

Action points in Acts will guide you as you step out to serve Christ in the same way that believers and churches did in the New Testament era. Read the key action points in the Book of Acts, write the corresponding plans, and then carry them out. If possible, do so in cooperation with your family or with a group of believers. 1.      Prepare to extend God’s Kingdom. Read Acts 1:8, 14. Pray for the Holy Spirit’s empowering to witness for Jesus where He said: Locally (your … [Read more...]

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. …If two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” Jesus (Matt. 18:18-20) Jesus made three valuable promises to church planters, the sixteen – eighteen- twenty-eight trio: Matthew 16:18-20 –Jesus will build … [Read more...]

Adapted from Carol Davis, Leaf-Line Initiatives, 1990 CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH MULTIPLICATION Aims Seek individual conversions Seek family and group conversions Evangelize on believer's turf Evangelize on unbeliever's turf Read Scripture for information Read Scripture to apply it Find more Christians Find “persons of peace” (Luke 10) Gather in facilities Gather in homes Celebrate mainly in … [Read more...]

Many churches make a healthy, joyful transition by becoming a cell-producing church, by multiplying tiny groups that are small yet real churches within the larger church body. However, most Western churches that attempt this transition fail to carry it through to their satisfaction. In many cases that the authors examined, churches failed to prepare their people to start the kind of groups that continued to multiply. Many churches have made the transition thoroughly; they are more common in Asia … [Read more...]

For years, the concept of “church multiplication” was denounced as rash and risky, apt to dilute the truth as churches multiplied. Now that multiplication has become respectable, is there a danger of it becoming a superficial fad? We POY! do not consider “church multiplication” as our motivating strategy, but the result of prayerfully obeying Jesus and His apostles, which http://maggiesfinedesign.com/ten/2-wk-diet.htmlellen barrett fat burning fusion dvdis fbf a good diet … [Read more...]

John 6:1-15 POY! SKIT GUIDELINES: In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ … [Read more...]

Luke 19:1 -10 POY! SKIT GUIDELINES In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ … [Read more...]

POY! SKIT GUIDELINES In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ costumes and … [Read more...]

Picture Eve talking to her sons… Every day was like heaven http://www.nacolefrancinephotography.com/free/low-fat-daily-diethttp://myfirst3andme.com/miw/biggist-looser-dietilestomy diethttp://prestamosrdonline.com/camp/diet-meals"site" on earth. From sunrise to sunset, from the morning dove’s first call to the evening song of the nightingale, we lived in fullness of life. As our joy was fierce, our freedom was a continual dawn. We did not choose our lives as we did not choose our home, but … [Read more...]