Here from the GCI Venue Resources is an infographic that shows how to use a connection card in you congregation as a tool for connecting with visitors and guests who attend your worship services and outreach events. The infographic provides a template to use in producing a locally branded connection card (click on the image below to … Continue reading "Healthy Church: Connection Card" Read the article
A vital aspect of realizing our vision for Healthy Church is having in place what we call R.E.A.L. Teams. For details, check out the infographic below (click to enlarge). We encourage you to discuss this information with your leaders to help you grow in the practice of team-based ministry. Read the article
Here is the Prayer Guide for August (click on the image to download): Read the article
In recent travels visiting GCI conferences and congregations around the world, I’ve been addressing our vision for Healthy Church. A key aspect of realizing that vision is having in place within each of our congregations what we call the “faith, hope & love avenues”—places where, by the Spirit, church health emerges. Below is our Team … Continue reading "Healthy Church: Faith, Hope & Love Avenues" Read the article
By Ted Johnston, GCI Publications Editor As Greg Williams mentions in his letter, with this issue of Equipper, we’ve begun a series examining the related topics of worldview conversion and whole-life discipleship. In this article I’ll help lay the foundation for the series by addressing what worldview is and why it matters a great deal. Stated … Continue reading "Worldview Conversion: What and Why" Read the article
By Gary Deddo, President, Grace Communion Seminary Sadly, some Christians embrace the non-biblical belief that if they have sufficient faith, God will not allow them to suffer severe trials. This erroneous belief is part of a false gospel called the “prosperity gospel” or, sometimes, the “health and wealth gospel.” It not only places huge burdens … Continue reading "God’s Answer to Suffering" Read the article
By Rick Shallenberger, GCI-USA Regional Pastor This is number 9 in Rick's series on leadership. For other articles in the series, click a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. I’ve had some great bosses in the many jobs I’ve had over the years. I’ve also had some not-so-great ones. Some seemed to bend over … Continue reading "On Leadership: Power Test" Read the article
Here is the Prayer Guide for July (click on the image to enlarge): Read the article
This article is from Santiago Lange, GCI pastor in Germany. Controversy concerning how to worship God has raged since the Garden of Eden and continues today. This article addresses this important topic, but instead of offering a “one size fits all” formula, it offers three essential principles related to how we can worship God in … Continue reading "Worship in Spirit and Truth" Read the article
Click on the image below to download this month’s Prayer Guide. Read the article
