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STRATEGIC FOCUS TEAM

Disciple-Making

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...

Cris Alley
Lostness

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 relevant in engaging the lost around them. Our...

John Davenport
Lostness

Beating the bad news of the pandemic with the good news of the go...

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 a seemingly endless stream of bad news....

Cris Alley
Lostness

Avoiding routines and ruts that hinder relationships

August 21, 2020

There is a lot of value to routines, but over time, our routines can dig ruts so deep that we find ourselves unable to see the unbelieving and unchurched people all around us. For many generations, unbelievers would turn...

Dennis Conner
Church Revitalization

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...

Steve Harris

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