Grow Your Church This Summer!
Does your church 'throttle back' in the summer or push 'full steam' ahead? Here's a link to an article on churchleaders.com from one pastor who thinks summer is a great time to grow your church!
Let There Be Light!
Are you looking for some ideas in how to light your church's sanctuary and platform? We've found an online resource that offers ideas in how - and more importantly - WHY - to do just that. Check it out here:…
iYouth Camp
iYouth Camp July 20-25th! Bergamo, Italy Join youth from international churches across Europe to experience a week of recreation, relationship building and Spirit-filled services. For more information see: http://www.iyouthcamp.org
Inspiration Found Here!
Inspiration Found Here! Looking for some inspiration for your church marketing materials? Check out this flickr account to preview some great ideas. Click here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/cfcc/
Host a ConVerge Worship Training Seminar for Your City!
The European Worship Institute has one open date in the fall and two open dates in the spring for ConVerge worship training seminars. ConVerge offers a one-day seminar filled with theological teaching, practical sessions, workshops and more. See www.europeanworshipinstitute.com for…
Six Ideas to Help Churches Transition from Cliche to Creative Design
Most churches are guilty of overusing common spiritual images such as lambs, fire and trees, to illustrate logos, power points and flyers. But designer Laura Bennett encourages us with six ideas to help us think outside the box so that…
What WOULD Jesus Do?
There’s no hotter topic in the church today than how to respond to the issue of homosexuality. This article on the Charisma website tells what happened in the life of one girl when a church responded in love. Read online.
Continental Theological Seminary Launches Institute of Islamic Studies
CTS' new Institute of Islamic Studies offers intensive, one-week courses on Islam to prepare students for direct ministry to Muslims. Offered in an English-language international context, the courses involve classroom teaching as well as field experience in Brussels where the…
Five Ways To Develop Practical Wisdom for Multiethnic Ministry
While many of our network churches were conceived and planted as multiethnic, international congregations, others responded to the change in their communities and embraced those from other nations, languages and cultures. The latter is often more challenging than the former…
10 Creative Ways to Celebrate The Lord’s Supper
When it comes to celebrating Communion, is your church stuck in a rut? If you celebrate Communion the same way each time, you run the risk of losing the profound meaning of the experience - especially in our high-tech, visually-oriented…