It is always said when people join your church and then, after some time, simply drift away. I wish the parable of the sower weren’t
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Four essentials of being a church
What is the very essence of a church? If you had to distil it down to its core essentials, what is the church? What does
Be grateful if your flock is small
Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do
How we process applications for membership
How does your church welcome new members? What process do you employ in order to determine who can and should join? Here is what we
Partisan application of the rules
Danny Finkelstein has written this comment piece in The Times (paywall) with which I am in full agreement. Perhaps one of my friends who is
Lead in such a way that the wheels won’t come off if you’re not there
This past week, a result of our bad planning, we managed to achieve none of our elders were at our church. It doesn’t happen often.