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Seasons: Death in a minister's family means transitions in ministry, identity Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Thursday, June 03, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) -- The death of a minister -- or the minister’s spouse -- marks a difficult phase in the life of both the church and the pastor’s family.
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Seasons: church and founding pastor either grow together or somebody moves on Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Thursday, June 03, 2010
(ABP) -- Whether the founding pastor of a church matures with the congregation or moves on once the new work is well established depends on a host of factors, according to three church-growth and church-planting experts.
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Seasons: Churches adapt to change by planting multiple campuses Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Thursday, June 03, 2010
LIBERTY, Mo. (ABP) -- A couple of years ago, ministry leaders at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., began to notice how many members were driving from an area near Kansas City International Airport, a nearly 30-minute drive.
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Congregation radically adapts model from cowboy to skater outreach Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Thursday, June 03, 2010

WAXAHACHIE, Texas (ABP) -- It wasn’t too long ago that Brandon Jones was watching men gallop by on horseback with lassos twirling over their heads. Now, he watches as teenagers whir by on their skateboards, building up speed for their next trick.

A year ago, he was minister of missions at Frontier Cowboy Church in Waxahachie, Texas. Now, Frontier is a lot less cowboy.
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Seasons: Student ministers face challenges as age separates them from youth Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Randy Johnson has long served the same Texas church as its youth minister.
(ABP) -- Age can influence the career direction a youth minister or campus minister takes. Family transitions may lead to a ministry change, or the minister may feel age has separated him or her from students.
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Churches composed primarily of first-generation immigrants to the United States often face obstacles -- linguistic, financial and cultural -- in terms of fitting into an Anglo-dominated society. But they may possess a strategic advantage in fulfilling Christ's Great Commission. [Read More]
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