February 2005

Silent protest Dominique, a native of Poland, sits in protest Feb. 23 outside the hospice where Terri Schiavo lives. Disabled from birth, Dominique says she feels compelled to sit and read Scripture in silent protest up to six hours a day. “This should...

The call to missions is not for a select group but is part of God's call to every Christian. This nine-session study shows how God reaches out to the world -- through Jesus and through human ambassadors like us -- and helps believers discover their...

When missionaries Jan and David Watson were sent to work with an unreached people group in 1989, less than 30 churches existed for more than 90 million mostly illiterate and impoverished people who speak the Bhojpuri language -- a number that had remained...

Pastors looking for ways to follow up with seekers who attend Easter services have a new resource this year: a new pocket version of Rick Warren’s best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life . The booklet includes the first seven chapters of the book...

Based on what we know about the rest of the world and how they live, would you consider those of us living in America to be unusually blessed? I think we’d all have to admit that our country has been blessed by God. That’s wonderful -- but with blessing...

A few moments to smile College senior Amy McCutcheon enjoys a light moment with women in the Indonesian village of Suaktimah, where she was part of a 15-member relief team who helped lift morale after the Dec. 26 tsunami’s wake of devastation. JACKSON...

Church health is the result of balance. Balance occurs when a church has a strategy and a structure to fulfill what I believe are the five New Testament purposes for the church: worship, evangelism, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry. If you don't have a strategy and a structure that intentionally balances the purposes of the church, the church tends to overemphasize the purpose the pastor feels most passionate about.
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Sally had been leading a small group for a few months when Jane, her small group coach, called her. Sally thought, that’s her job to call me; she really doesn’t care, and consequently, didn’t connect with her. A week later, Jane called again. This time...