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Think Outward
Think Outward by shifting the church’s focus beyond its walls Churches that claim outward focus often reveal inward priorities through budgets, buildings, traditions, and resistance to change. Instead...
View ArticleSuccession: The Things You Need to Know but Others Won’t Tell You
By Jerry Harris I’ve had to do a lot of difficult and deeply challenging things as a senior pastor. Growing a church from an average in-person attendance of 230 to over 8,000 in a rural area was a...
View ArticleRetirement, Ministry, and Learning to Let Go: A Pastor’s Wife’s Perspective
By Denise Harlow Ministry in Chicago was a roller coaster—plenty of ups, but many more downs in those early years. My husband and I weren’t naïve about what we were stepping into. Both of us grew up...
View ArticleBridging the Leadership Gap: Essential Steps for Church Succession
By Kent E. Fillinger Developing a solid succession plan is like exercising. Everyone knows it’s a smart idea and that they should do it, but it’s easier to make excuses than to create a workable plan....
View ArticleServing in the Shadows
By David Faust Do you know what it’s like to serve in the shadows? Are you an introvert with an extraverted coworker who dominates conversations? Do you have a friend with a strong personality whose...
View ArticlePastoral Transition: Succession or Interim?
By Greg Comp tran·si·tion [tranˈziSH(ə)n] noun Movement or change from one position, state, stage, subject, etc. to another; change: the change from adolescence to adulthood. Synonyms: changeover,...
View ArticleLove’s Persuasive Power
By David Faust Years ago when I was engaged to be married, my future father-in-law looked me in the eye and said, “Why do you want to marry my daughter?” I stammered, “Because I love her.” He...
View ArticleA Time for Hope: A Bright Future for the Restoration Movement
By LeRoy Lawson The problem is, things just won’t stay put. The moment you think you’ve got everything arranged the way you want, the ground beneath you shifts and time passes and circumstances...
View ArticleTHROWBACK THURSDAY—’The Restoration Movement: Its Vitality, Quirks, and Needs...
Editor’s Note: This is a text version of a presentation about the Restoration Movement by LeRoy Lawson from the 50th annual meeting of The Publishing Committee, which provided editorial guidance and...
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About Suicide: I’m Still Learning from My Son’s
Editor’s Note: We asked Roy Lawson to write the following article upon the release of his new book, Son, We Need to Talk: Coping with My Son’s Suicide, which is available at Amazon.com. Thirty years...
View ArticleNews Briefs for March 29
Mark Scott will be keynote speaker at Boise Bible College’s Spring Conference May 11-12. Scott served as professor of preaching and New Testament for three decades at Ozark Christian College and now...
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SCJ Conference Set for April 14-15 (Plus News Briefs)
The 22nd annual Stone-Campbell Journal Conference is set for April 14-15 at Johnson University in Knoxville, Tenn. Register by March 13 to pay the lowest fees; here’s a link. (SCJ members are reminded...
View Article‘Pressing On’ Conference Planned for ‘Seasoned’ Ministers, Missionaries
By Jim Nieman “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14)....
View ArticleNews Briefs for April 6
Seymour Heights Christian Church in Seymour, Tenn., opened a shelter for people displaced in a wildfire that destroyed or damaged more than 300 structures and burned 2,675 acres in the hills near...
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Sun & Sands: Minister Glad He Answered Call to Serve in Hawaii
BRYAN AND CAZ SANDS WITH THEIR FOUR DAUGHTERS. By Chris Moon It was mid-January. A bitter cold snap covered most of the continental United States. In the Northeast, wind chills dipped well below zero....
View ArticleA Time for Hope: A Bright Future for the Restoration Movement
By LeRoy Lawson The problem is, things just won’t stay put. The moment you think you’ve got everything arranged the way you want, the ground beneath you shifts and time passes and circumstances...
View ArticleTHROWBACK THURSDAY—’The Restoration Movement: Its Vitality, Quirks, and Needs...
Editor’s Note: This is a text version of a presentation about the Restoration Movement by LeRoy Lawson from the 50th annual meeting of The Publishing Committee, which provided editorial guidance and...
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About Suicide: I’m Still Learning from My Son’s
Editor’s Note: We asked Roy Lawson to write the following article upon the release of his new book, Son, We Need to Talk: Coping with My Son’s Suicide, which is available at Amazon.com. Thirty years...
View ArticleWhat Are You Doing Now?
Compiled by Mark A. Taylor _ _ _ Alan Ahlgrim Retired: Founding pastor with Rocky Mountain Christian Church, Niwot, Colorado, March 2013 What are you doing now? Continues to encourage and mentor...
View ArticleThe Restoration Movement: Its Vitality, Quirks, and Needs in the 21st Century
Editor’s Note: Starting today, every Thursday we will post an article about the Restoration Movement from our Christian Standard archives. While some will be more recent stories, many others will be...
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