This morning at our MCM Pastors’ Christmas Party, I gave a brief teaching on God’s call on our lives. In the teaching, I talked about three questions we all need to ask ourselves: 1. Why Me? Of the 6 billion people in the world today, why did God choose you to serve in this role? [...]
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Questions of Ministry
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Church in a School
Posted in MCM-Pitt, tagged Ambridge Christian Center, Ambridge High School, Church in a School, CityReach, Mike Santistevan on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow Ambridge Christian Center, one of our church plants, will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary! Over the last two years ACC has seen nearly 150 people come to Christ just during the weeks of CityReach. Pastor Mike & his team have some incredible things to celebrate tomorrow and it’s going to be an even greater [...]
Question.
Posted in Church, Leadership, tagged Questions on Vision, Vision on December 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Question…What happens when a pastor has no vision? Question…Does this really result in no vision at all? Question…Can a group of people ever gather together without vision? Question…If the pastor has no vision, then what vision are people following? Question…What vision are your people following? or a better Question…Who’s vision are your people following?
Raising Kids That Are Generous
Posted in Christ-Inspired Thoughts, tagged Being Generous, Generosity During Christmas, Training Children to be Generous on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas is by far my favorite time of the year! Part of it is my extreme nostalgia and part of it is I just enjoy everything that Christmas stands for: giving, compassion, considering others first, celebrating, enjoying family. What a great time of the year!! However, as with any tradition, things can always digress (especially [...]
A Biblical Perspective of ‘Binding and Loosing’
Posted in Church, tagged Binding and Loosing, Church Discipline, Dr. Wave E. Nunnally on December 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I recently read a great article by a professor I had in college, Dr. Wave E. Nunnally, concerning the misuse of the practice of ‘binding and loosing’ in the modern church. Here’s a short excerpt: “…the context of Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 has nothing to do with exorcism. In chapter 16, Jesus was talking about [...]
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