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The Hope Initiative

Executive Secretary Dr. Eddie Moody introduces The Hope Initiative at the 2022 Leadership Conference: Click the form below if you are interested in participating in this initiative. The Hope Initiative Interest Form   Pastor Noah Taylor describes how the church’s participation in The Hope Initiative has had an immediate impact on the intentionality of their evangelism efforts, and has already resulted in one salvation decision:                        …

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Train

Download the 3 for 30 Bookmark Download the prayer/Bible reading calendar for October: Train Prayer Calendar (jpg) Train Prayer Calendar (pdf) Train Week 1: Training People in the Gospel Train Week 2: Training Teens in the Gospel Train Week 3: Training Couples in the Gospel Train Week 4: Training By Example Train Resources Church Ministry & Leadership Answering the Call to Ministry (Dr. Barry Raper) Becoming a Welcoming Church (Dr. Brad Ransom) Discipleship: The Expression of Saving Faith (Dr. Robert…

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Preaching With Jonathan Edwards

By Paul V. Harrison Outside of Scripture, I’ve never read better sermons than those delivered by Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758). My favorite is “The Excellency of Christ,” preached in August 1736. He chose Revelation 5:5–6 as his text: “Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and lo in the midst of the throne…stood a Lamb, as it had…

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Making Butterflies From Worms

Using an Ancient Teaching Method for a New Generation By Paul V. Harrison Have you ever wondered why God took six days to create the heavens and the earth when he could have done it in a heartbeat? The best answer I know is that He likes time and the things it makes possible. Time makes stories possible: “It came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus.” Time allows for development: “In the beginning…

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First Things First

Part two of an eleven-part series on “Habits of Highly Successful People” Habit #1 – A Successful Person Places God First in All Areas of Life By Kevin Riggs Ephesians 4:1-16 “Gentlemen, this is a football.” So explained Coach Vince Lombardi, sarcastically, according to legend, as he addressed his error-prone Green Bay Packers early in his first year with the Pack. He had inherited one of the worst teams in the league. Lombardi quickly went about the work of re-establishing…

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The Reforming Power of Expository Preaching Part 3

By Randy Sawyer Standing under the shadows of Martin Luther and John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli has been called “the third man of the Reformation.” Zwingli was born on January 1, 1484, at Wildus, some 40 miles from Zurich. The home of his parents, Uly and Margaret, was crowded with 11 children, so Ulrich was sent to live with his uncle. Life of Constant Learning Zwingli enjoyed the advantages of a good education, eventually matriculating at the University of Basel in 1502. By the end of his university training, he emerged as a…

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Discipleship: Keep It Simple

By Dexter Guin Many years ago,  a popular psychologist coined the phrase, “More truths are caught than taught!” I have thought about that statement many times as we have raised our children. If that principle is true in child rearing, it is also true in developing new Christians. Young Christians learn more at church and around other faithful Christians than we can imagine. They learn how to dress appropriately, how to sing hymns, and how to pray. They learn the…

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Redefining Discipleship

A call for discipleship beyond entry-level Christianity. by J. Matthew Pinson Recently I heard Christian cultural analyst Ken Myers say something that shocked and saddened me: When many evangelicals talk about the Great Commission, what they really mean is not the Great Commission in Matthew 28, but getting people to make an initial salvation decision. Myers said that nowhere does the Bible command us to make “sheer believers” or “mere Christians.” Kingdom Disciples He’s right. The Great Commission is so…

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Our Church Was Perfectly Dry

By Keith Burden Reford Wilson was my expository preaching professor in college. He taught me how to dissect a passage of scripture, analyze its meaning in light of historical context and deliver it in a clear, simple, straightforward manner. During my junior year I served as minister of music and youth at a church in northeastern Oklahoma. One particular springtime weekend, our community was inundated by a series of thunderstorms. A record rainfall pushed streams and rivers from their banks…

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Ordination to Ministry in the Free Will Baptist Denomination

The following information has been prepared by the Executive Committee of the General Board of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, and has been approved by the National Association of Free Will Baptists. It must be clearly understood that these guidelines are intended to be descriptive, and not legislative. No governing body can set ordination requirements for the denomination as a whole; each ordaining body across the denomination has full liberty to follow whatever practices it chooses. From time…

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