107 articles on "church"

Developing an Effective Mission Statement for your Church Startup

As the leader of a church startup, many pastors or ministers find that during their church startup and growth phases, many responsibilities automatically fall upon their shoulders. There are many different topics to discuss such as where to hold chur...

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Affordable Housing Budgets Affected By Economy

The concept of affordable housing has gained increased attention in recent years as the cost of living continues to increase. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, there is a shortage of over 7 million affordable and available renta...

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Do You Prefer Tradition Over Truth?

If anybody is honestly interested in knowing whether or not this or that doctrine is actually biblical or merely traditional, all they have to do is objectively search the Scriptures like the noble Bereans did in Acts 17:11, after hearing Paul out, t...

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Developing an Effective Mission Statement for your Church Startup

Starting a church is an incredible and rewarding experience, but it can also be a challenging one. There are many decisions to make and one of the most important is developing a mission statement. A mission statement defines the purpose and direction...

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A Guide To Mormonism Beliefs

Mormons are the fourth largest religious denomination in the United States. However, there are more Mormons outside the United States than inside it. Recently, the followers of this religion were found to number more than fourteen million. Much of th...

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America's Goliath, IRS code sec 501(c)(3)?

Has anyone noticed all the hoopla recently about the non profit status of the church? Many have become concerned. It seems that ministers have not read this code. The censorship in this code, is in regard to election campaigns. During election campai...

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The Small Group Praise and Worship Leader

Being a praise and worship leader in a small group or church may seem light years away from some of the huge church worship meetings you see on television, but in fact they have many things in common. During my career as a praise and worship leader...

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Biblical Support for the Authority of the Pope

Infallable? The Pope does not sin? Many Protestants do not understand Catholic terminology (many Catholics don't either!) Suffice to say, some of them believe that Catholics profess the Pope to be without sin. ImageThis idea is of course incons...

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Christian and Church Confinement

Acts 12:1-17 contains a wonderful story because it gives us many situations of the Christian life and Church life. In this scripture we find the following situations: 1. There are those who abuse or persecute the Church and Christians. 2. Christian...

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Handbags as a Symbol of Female Power

Have you ever thought of a handbag as a symbol of female power and authority? Of course everyone is different so a purse for one person may mean something totally different and unique for another but let's look at handbags from a different persp...

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