A 2006 survey of ministers revealed that 89% of them have considered leaving the ministry, and 57% would quit if they had any other prospects. Recently researchers from the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School did a study of 1,700 clergy finding that the instances for depression and anxiety were well above the national […]
“And I am weak today, though anointed king;” (2 Samuel 3:39)
Some folks living in America may not realize that there is a religious sect in the United States whose founder had 27 wives, Joseph Smith the founder of the Mormon religion. In…
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”
2 Tim. 3:1-2
Christ was ministering in the lower Galilee when he and his disciples sailed across the lake to one of the cities of the Decapolis. Passing a grave yard, a man who had experienced a mental breakdown and had become possessed by about two-thousand spirits met Christ. The Bible says he was “exceedingly fierce” (Matt. 8:28). In this narrative the word fierce in Greek is chalepos, meaning to ‘reduce strength; to become difficult and dangerous.’ He was not just a rough fellow having a hard time, since the spirits within him could break chains and wooden fetters. He was dangerous to anyone who encountered him.
The ministry is both a calling and a labor of love. At VOE and OCI the Lord has blessed us with numerous volunteers, all serving in the ministry of “helps” (1 Cor. 12:28). Without this dedicated work force, both ministries would be limited in accomplishing their God-given assignments.
At OCI each volunteer working with or around people must undergo a background check. At times, their record shows an action that occurred before the person came to Christ. Under certain legal requirements, a person cannot be around children, youth or in other areas of ministry because of an event in their past. In some instances, this can be frustrating for a now Christian individual; when people were unsaved and much younger, they made decisions which came back to haunt them in their later years.
I’m already blown away by the pending Fall release of iOS 7, the new iPhone operating system from Apple (Check it out for yourself – there’s a preview video on their site). If anyone continues to push the envelope in areas of creativity, relevance and innovation, it’s Apple. The sad thing is, it should be […]
A federal court in Texas has ruled in favor of Darrel Rundus and the Great News Network in the “Million Dollar Bills” case. Darrel Rundus is a self-made Christian millionaire in the marketing field and founder of the Great News Network. Rundus brought suit against the U.S. government and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after […]
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