by BSCNC Communications | Nov 23, 2020 | _home-articles, articles-all, disciple-making-article-feed, disciple-making-articles-all, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Will you pray and go? November 23, 2020 I don’t remember much about that day, but one thing I do remember: it was hot — really hot. The temperature in Newton was near 100 degrees Fahrenheit that day. But we had committed to walk our neighborhood and pray for divine...
by BSCNC Communications | Oct 21, 2020 | _home-articles, articles-all, disciple-making, disciple-making-article-feed, disciple-making-articles-all, strategic-focus-team, strategic-focus-team-article-feed, strategic-focus-team-articles-all
Living in the Bible Belt doesn’t make you a Christian October 21, 2020 I grew up in the Bible Belt. In those days, almost nobody worked on Sundays. We prayed before class, ball games and meals — even in the name of Jesus — whether we believed it or not. We proudly...
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...
