I didn’t become a Christian out of my fear of hell—but in spite of it. When I believed at 21, it was after being overcome…

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Church growth ratios are a reference tool to aid in ministry action plans. Ratios are broad guidelines describing general characteristics that healthy, growing churches will exhibit. The Bonsai Theory or 80% Rule The 80% Rule observes that churches will grow to fill their available space. Ken Hemphill coined the term “Bonsai Theory” to illustrate this […]

We just returned from the second annual Citipointe Conference where we were invited to speak. Our sermon topic was: God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – God of the living and God of the generations. We ministered to several hundred gathered at the conference on how to transfer our Christian faith and Pentecostal experience to […]

NOTE: Since this post was published yesterday, Bobby Grow has written “An Open Apology to Rachel Held Evans” and removed the original post referenced in this work. …

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“Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. And He charged him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest…” Luke 5:13-14 Does anybody remember “Show and Tell” growing up? I remember our teacher would tell us to bring …

We sure love an exciting conversion story. We may be able to bicker about the existence of God or the Bible’s validity all day, but it’s…

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