Read this article published by Christianity Today about the increase in the number of expats and the rising need for international churches to meet the demand. The article highlights was some international churches are doing to help expats adapt to life overseas. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/global.increases.in.expatriates.challenge.international.churches.in.ministry/30371.htm

In the blog ‘A Few Grown Men,’ writer David Murrow addresses a touchy subject: with the onslaught of so many worship songs available today, are we introducing so many new songs at such a fast rate that our congregations are becoming spectators rather than participants? Read this challenging article and share with your worship leaders!

Either you’re a Twitter lover, Twitter hater or have no idea what Twitter is, Twitter is here to stay and those of us in ministry should learn to benefit from this social networking tool that combines the ease of cell phone text messaging with the power of email. To learn how Twitter can benefit your church, check out the E-Book [...]

The fairly-new social networking site ‘Pinterest’ is a virtual bulletin board allowing you to ‘pin’ graphics and share them with the world. Pininterest users ‘pin’ their favorite thoughts, ideas, photos, and images to their bulletin board and once “pinned” (the equivalent of “posted”), any user can re-pin the image, like it, or comment on the pinned item. Pinterest is estimated [...]

‘The Bible’, a made-for-television miniseries broadcast by the History Channel, was a wildly popular success, attracting nearly 15 million viewers to the first two-hour installment. Created by ‘Touched By An Angel’ star Roma Downey and her producer husband Mark Burnett, the 10-part series covers major highlights of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. With so many people talking about ‘The [...]

Last year, churches around the world used 128 sogs written or co-written by singer/songwriting Chris Tomlin. From ‘How Great Is Our God’ to ‘We Fall Down’, to ‘Forever’, to many, many more no doubt your church has sung a number of his songs. CNN recently featured Tomlin in an article on their Religion Blog. Meet the man behind the songs [...]

With the growing popularity of mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) Apps – short for applications – are in high demand. What exactly is an ‘app’? In brief, an app is software that provides a shortcut to content. Rather than have to go to a website to find content, the app is downloaded onto the mobile device and clicked to [...]

July 14-20 Millstatt Austria More info: http://www.iyouthcamp.org/

May 27-30 Venice, Italy More info: Terry Hoggard: toppif@gmail.com

Looking for resources for your Women’s Ministry? Check out Beth Moore’s ‘Living Proof Ministries’. Recommended by Brussels Christian Center Women’s Ministry Leader Caterina Chardome, ‘Living Proof’ offers a multitude of Bible studies, videos, books, cds and other teaching materials designed to teach women the Word of God. More info here: http://www.lproof.org/