by BSCNC Communications | Sep 11, 2020 | articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
How to reach those ‘far from God’ but ‘near to us’ September 11, 2020 The missionary task propels the global church from everywhere to everywhere to share the gospel in the darkest corners of the world. That same gospel-driven intentionality leads local churches to be...
by BSCNC Communications | Sep 8, 2020 | articles-all, covid-19-article-feed, covid-19-articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Beating the bad news of the pandemic with the good news of the gospel September 8, 2020 Evangelism is sharing the good news of the gospel. Good news sounds a lot better when you’re acutely aware of the bad news. COVID-19 is evaporating a lot of fragile happiness with...
by BSCNC Communications | Aug 21, 2020 | articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Avoiding routines and ruts that hinder relationships August 21, 2020 “Parson, you’re like an ol’ goat. You don’t know but one way to the barn.” That was a church member’s humorous assessment of my preference for routines when I...
by BSCNC Communications | Aug 17, 2020 | articles-all, church-revitalization-article-feed, church-revitalization-articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Revitalization in the Blue Ridge region August 17, 2020 It’s been said that you can die and go to heaven from anywhere, but if you go from the Blue Ridge Mountains, you won’t notice the difference quite so much. I love the mountains and especially the pastors and...
by BSCNC Communications | Aug 17, 2020 | articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
3 disciple-making mistakes to avoid August 17, 2020 In Luke 10, Jesus gave His followers instructions on how to enter the cities, homes and lives of the people they would encounter in the mission He’d given them. Now, as then, most of the unreached will not come to...
by BSCNC Communications | May 21, 2020 | _home-articles, articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Mayberry doesn’t exist anymore May 21, 2020 “Barney Gets His Man” is a favorite episode from The Andy Griffith Show. In that episode, there’s a high-speed car chase, Andy carries a gun and an African-American citizen can be seen in the background when the criminal is...
