Micro-mission
Montoursville (Pa.) BIC wants to serve broken and neglected people. As a smaller church, they excel in caring for one another. But how,...
Setbacks to New Strength
After an extended season of growth, Millersville (Pa.) Brethren in Christ Church encountered a series of setbacks, coming in quick...
New Trail
In 2007, New Trail Fellowship near Abilene (Ks.) was launched to serve the western heritage community of the Smoky Valley Region by...
Transition
One way to ease the stress of transition is to prepare in advance (Mt.16:21; Jn. 14-17). After 23 years, the pastor of Highland Park...
Evaluation
For better or worse, your church is being evaluated every Sunday. On the way home, someone will ask, “What did you think of the sermon?”...
Churches Helping Churches
The phrase “one another” is used 100 times in the New Testament. Yet mutual assistance among churches can be a rare occurrence in a North...
Higher Ed
This week I will conclude 18 months of bi-vocational employment, working as a cashier in a local supermarket. It has been, so to speak,...
Deep Values
Habecker Mennonite Church is located amid the farmland of Lancaster County (Pa.). Yet this rural church teems with bicultural life and...