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Quote: All Christians Equally Engaged in the Work

“How often I have felt humiliated by the fulsome laudation expressed of foreign missionaries by friends in the home land, and I have longed for the time when all Christian workers at home and abroad shall stand on a level as disciples of a common Master and equally engaged in His service. A soldier sent [...]

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Quote: Restoring the Ordinary Believer’s Dignity

“It is imperative that we invite the entire congregation up to the same level of ministry as the clergy. We must restore the ordinary believer’s dignity. Either the average church member’s work is as important as the clergy’s, as Scripture reports, or it is not; we can’t have it both ways. If the congregation’s ministry [...]

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The 11 Commandments of Missions

My pastor send me this and I wanted to pass it along. William Carey and his team set forth principles that still guide us today in mission work. Here are excerpts from the “Form of Agreement” drafted by Carey and his colleagues in October 1805. The Redeemer, in planting us in this heathen nation, rather [...]

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Feed on Truth; Don’t Fight About It!

By Charles H. Spurgeon TWO learned doctors are angrily discussing the nature of food, and allowing their meal to lie untasted, while a simple countryman is eating as heartily as he can of that which is set before him. The religious world is full of quibblers, critics, and skeptics, who, like the doctors, fight over [...]

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Keep on Learning

The following is taking from Wayne Cordeiro’s book “Doing Church as a Team.” The Greek word for “disciple” (mathetes), in fact, comes from the verb manthano, “to learn.”  Humility and teachability are the crown jewels of all the qualities of a leader whom God will use in the twenty-first century.  When we stop learning, we [...]

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The Ulster Revival of 1859

Over 150 years ago, a revival of incredible proportions shook the country of Ireland, especially the North of Ireland.  You can read about the revival as detailed in the Elmer Town’s book, Ten Greatest Revivals Ever, below.  Please pray with me that God would send revival again, as we seek Him and obey Him. In [...]

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Don’t Be a Lazy Pastor or Missionary

One of the most common statements and disgraceful commentaries of those who work in the ministry is that they are lazy.  So many people think that being a pastor, missionary, or full-time Christian worker is an easy, cushy job because you don’t have to work hard, you don’t have to work long hours, and you [...]

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Coming Around by T. J. Carlise

And Jonaah stalked to his shaded seat and waited for God to come around to his way of thinking. And God is still waiting for a host of Jonah’s to come around to His way of loving. Read more at bcwe.org.

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Why People Don’t Believe on Christ

“…when a person refuses to come to Christ it is never just because of lack of evidence or because of intellectual difficulties: at root, he refuses to come because he willingly ignores and rejects the drawing of God’s Spirit on his heart. No one in the final analysis really fails to become a Christian because [...]

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It Is Not the Critic Who Counts

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]

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