October 25, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Unity, Gifts, Ministry, Diversity, training, specialized
Church unity is a key concern in the New Testament and in all church ministry today, and so it is vital to highlight the oneness of Christians in Christ, sharing in the same faith and baptism and Lord. This oneness underlines a related Christian teaching, that every believer is equal in God’s sight: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, ther...
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October 4, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Evangelism, Ministry, Hospitality, member, visitation
Christian ministry begins with, but never leaves, the Gospel. The Gospel is Christian ministry. Study it. Preach it to yourself. Meditate on it. Memorize it. Rehearse the Gospel in the car when you’re driving, alone or with someone else. Collect tracts and always have one handy, and be ready to explain the Gospel....
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September 27, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Ministry, servant, practical, deliberate, participate, diligent
Remember: ministry is your job. So go do it! Go knowing you are equipped, empowered, and emplaced for ministry and with the hope that, one day, our Master will tell you, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”...
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September 20, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Church, Word, Ministry, Spirit, Equipped, empowered, emplaced
Like a football player who refuses to show up on the field is useless even though he has all his equipment and training, the Word is useless in you, and your spiritual gifts are wasted in you, unless you are part of a local church where you can exercise your Spirit-given gifts according to the Word of God to “strive to excel in building up the church.” God’s will is ...
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September 13, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Pastor, Ministry, maturity, Service, deacon, teacher, imitate
The purpose of pastors is to equip the saints...
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September 6, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Ministry, Service, every, member, consumer, burnout, equip
Addressing the whole congregation in Galatia...
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August 30, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Time, Church, Gospel, Ministry, partnership, contributor, serve
Our aim is to see the prospering of the gospel message among the needy souls of Calgary and beyond. We trust that God will work through this partnership in order to bring lasting fruit, the spiritual prosperity of the life of the Age to come.
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March 17, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Word, Gathering, Ministry
The kind of gathering one-to-one that we’re talking about is so simple, yet so deep. It aims to gather two or three disciples of Jesus around the Word of God....
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January 5, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Application, Word, Ministry, sharing
We’ll wrap up this newsletter series by introducing three new e-book Ministry Guides you can download to help you with this ministry, along with providing (all in one place) the links to the Study Outlines introduced over the past month...
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September 30, 2011
by Jeff Jones
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Church History
| Tags: brainerd, God, Missions, Ministry
No North American missionary has been as famous as David Brainerd. What makes his example so remarkable is that he achieved such fame by a career on the mission field of only about five years, and that he died at the very young age of twenty-nine....
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