Over the past few weeks I have celebrated the distinct blessing of fellowship with our local pastors across North America. One venue for this celebration comes as a result of our bi-annual International Assembly celebrated this past summer. The Assembly is always a personal delight as we make preparations to receive our entire family from …
It is a well-known fact in the annals of history that children have often been regarded as nothing more than cheap property. In the days of the Greco-Roman world, unwanted babies were left in the elements to die from exposure. Boys and girls were sometimes slaughtered and their entrails inspected for divination purposes. Some children …
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). “And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work …
Hubo una época en la cual yo corría. No porque estaba intentando huir de algo o por temor, sino porque pasé varios años corriendo por diversión. Diario corría alrededor de la pista, experimentando a menudo lo que algunos conocen como “la emoción del corredor” junto con la satisfacción de haber completado una noche de ejercicio. …
The Event Our first General Assembly was a meeting of representatives of several congregations in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Twenty-one delegates gathered on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27, 1906, in the community of Camp Creek, North Carolina. According to our earliest history, they met “to consider questions of importance and to search …
Pastors, evangelists, local church leaders, and laity long for breakthrough in their ministries for Christ and God’s kingdom. During times of breakthrough, the presence and power of God are evident and the proclamation and promulgation of the Gospel goes forward with great strides. Sometimes the breakthrough comes suddenly and forcefully. Sometimes the breakthrough comes gradually …
“So God created humankind; in his image, in the image of God he created them male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). “When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them ‘Humankind’ when they were created” (Genesis 5:1, …
A very wise and experienced leader recently darkened my doorway. He’s a man I’ve respected for many years. He’s always listened more than he’s spoken. For this reason, when he does speak, his words carry great weight. So when he showed up in my office, plopped down on the other side of my desk and …
“Hemos fallado en cultivar los dones y el fruto del Espíritu Santo en nuestra existencia individual y corporativa. No hemos servido como testigos a nuestros niños de la experiencia dinámica y activadora del bautismo del Espíritu Santo…” Esta es una de varias confesiones hechas por la Comisión del Discipulado del movimiento Empower 21. Esta confesión …
Durante los últimos cinco años y medio, he visitado varios ministerios locales y nacionales, campamentos de jóvenes, conferencias y convenciones, y he visto claramente que los trabajadores del ministerio de jóvenes con frecuencia enfrentan el desafío de presentarles a los jóvenes el Espíritu Santo. Durante un entrenamiento, se hizo la pregunta, “¿Cómo motivamos a los …