Articles Tagged 'Mission' (Page 5)

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Experience Immanuel

Phil Ware finishes up his 5 part series on experiencing Immanuel and summarizes the content of the four previous articles.

Why do we settle for so much less of Jesus than He promised us?

Love Will Travel

Phil Ware does part 4 in a 5 part series on the Immanuel passages in Matthew, this week is the Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20, focusing on cross cultural outreach and disciple-making, something much more involved than just evangelism.

Why is the Great Commission so important for us as well as the rest of the world?

The Mission Matrix

Tim Woodroof completes the Interim Ministry Partners, http://www.interimministrypartners.com, series on helping a church determine its mission.

So how does our church sort all this mission stuff out?

Community and Mission

Phil Ware continues the http://interimministrypartners.com team series on a church finding its mission and living it out so it can grow and be vital and make a difference.

Looking around can help us find our way forward!

History and Mission

Mark Frost continues a series on how a church can discover its mission.

Can we really look back to find the way to move forward?

Mission and Bible Study

Phil Ware continues the series of articles on discerning your mission for churches to work through as they are in a season of looking for a preaching minister or pastor and Phil emphasizes both the universal mission passages and the specific mission passa

Hey, don't forget the greatest source of information on our mission, the Bible!

Prayer and Mission

Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.

So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?

It Starts with Mission

Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by Interim Ministry Partners on discovering a congregation's mission by talking about how churches want to find someone to fill the pulpit in a hurry when they first need to discover who they are and what their mis

Where do you begin to find a new preacher, pastor, or minister?

A little Bit of Mission Stubbornness

Greg Anderson completes the series on seasons in the life of a church and its vision, mission, and focus.

Can we have a dash of stubborness in our mission stew?

Discovering the Character of your Church: 'Are' Values or 'Should' Values?

Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.

How do we get down to our true values?

Falling at His Feet

Phil Ware continues his series on Luke 8 and 9 and this week he focuses on what each of these events has in common -- in each one, someone falls at the feet of Jesus.

What do all these events in Jesus' life have in common?

A Miracle in Three Poofs

Ron Rose talks about hearing God's call to go to Mongolia in three poofs.

Have you heard God calling?

Meeting Immanuel

Phil Ware shares the principles of drawing nearer to God and experiencing him as Immanuel.

Where can we go to experience God?

Our Legacy

Donna Ware shares insight into raising children to leave a legacy of faith.

What are we leaving behind?

What Kind of Church?

Phil Ware shares with us two kinds of early leaders and churches and groups, Paul and Barnabas become examples of those kinds of churches; each is faithful, takes risks, and faces opposition from the evil one.

There are two kinds of faithful leaders, groups, and churches. Which are you?

What's the Goal Here?

Phil Ware reminds us of our purpose of being on the journey and living for Jesus call and mission and vision in our lives.

Why are we on this trip?

More than Words

Phil Ware talks about why he and about 100 others go to Peru each year when it costs so much.

God spoke His greatest message with just one Word!

Better Broken: The Plan

Phil Ware continues his series called Better Broken that focuses on how God used flawed, broken people to change the world by sharing the message of Jesus and this involved Purpose: to be witnesses, Plan: to release God's power through prayer; People: the

What was God's plan to help Jesus' broken and flawed followers accomplish his mission?

The Gift of Influence: Teach to Obey

Phil Ware continues his series on last words and first priority, and emphasizes the power of our influence to help others know, follow, and obey Jesus.

What are you doing with yours?

Beautiful Feet: Go!

Phil Ware continues his four message series on Jesus' last words which must be our first priority.

So how beautiful are your feet?

Where Are You Going?

Knowing who we are and where we are going frees us to do anything that needs doing.

Life's better when you know where you're going

One Tune!

Phil Ware uses Jesus' example in Mark 1 to show how we can begin to deal with our feelings of being overwhelmed with everything confronting us and do the most important thing, the One Tune God wants us to play with our lives.

How can we learn God's will for this time in our lives?

Let's DO It!

Phil Ware looks at the last chapter of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7, and emphasizes Jesus' call to us to obey, put into practice, bear fruit, and do what he says.

What's got you stuck in neutral?

Your Life in God's Mission

Rubel Shelly talks about using our work and workplace as the place we live out God's mission for us.

Can you visualize your workplace as your mission?

GO_fearlessly

Phil Ware completes the shift series with the theme of going fearlessly, and focuses on sharing our hope and following the Great Commission.

Is this outside your EEZ?