The tricky part to resolving church conflict wisely, is that in many cases what appears as a church discipline or interpersonal conflict, can be an expression of an unresolved corporate conflict in the history of the church.
If God is all powerful, it is hard to deny that He allowed this plague (and has permitted all plagues) on humanity. Despite all the secondary causes the buck stops with God.
When Western Canadian Church of God Ministries (Anderson) met for their annual LeaderConnect gathering in February of 2020 it was memorable to say the least.
If all the Coronavirus teaches spiritual leaders is how to use technology to preach to empty sanctuaries while saints sit at home and watch on their computers, the Church will have wasted a crisis that God is allowing to test the planet.
For some time now, a pandemic has ravaged North American churches wreaking havoc and destroying ministries.
I have come to believe that, no matter what financial, demographic or programmatic stresses a ministry may be under, it is ultimately Jesus who pinches out the flame of their lampstand (Rev. 2:5).
Much has been written on how God speaks to us as individuals, but the bookshelves are bare when it comes
How does false teaching arise? It usually starts with a persuasive leader/teacher who claims to see things from a new perspective.
As godly as they were, Paul and Barnabus made a mistake we see spiritual leaders at all levels make all the time.
Discernment is one of the quieter gifts. Those who have it rarely speak up unless they discern it’s safe to do so.
The replanted church had already been seeing fruit, but when they repented corporately, the spirit of the congregation changed for the better.
One thing they don’t teach you in seminary is how to lead your church to repentance. You may discern that your church has issues of which it needs to repent, but become totally frustrated when considering how to do it.
Your ministry will fail to impact our broken and divisive culture unless you assess your church’s true condition and discern what Jesus is telling you to do about it.
Like the proverbial iceberg, there’s a lot going on below the surface in churches. The kinds of submerged issues that need to be assessed involve spiritual and relational functioning that has gone on historically within the church body.
North American culture and the North American church sit on opposite sides of a see-saw. In recent decades we’ve watched the world’s influence ascend and the church’s in steep decline.
We believe these paradigm shifts are a dividing line for churches. On one side of the line lay an inability to gain missional traction, on the other side of the line – surprising fruitfulness.
America was birthed in a bloody, excruciating, contentious break up, the kind that wounds like divorce or devastates a congregation like a church split. Should we be surprised that such painful wounds would shape American discourse?
We at Blessing Point Ministries sometimes face resistance to the idea of hiring an “outside consultant” to come alongside a
Listen to Rev. Mark Barnard’s (President of Blessing Point Ministries) interview on the Before You Quit podcast hosted by Mitch
How Corporate Repentance Facilitates Ministry Transformation . . . One of the things our ministry recommends when a church finishes
