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Dec, 13, 2018 0
I’ve been serving alongside business professionals in congregations for over 20 years. During that time, I have come to some conclusions, more accurately labeled “relevant insights,” regarding how to engage and empower business professionals in the congregations that I have led and served. …
Dec, 13, 2018 0
Is there a way for our church to be more creative and effective in reaching the community? Is there a way we can supplement our church’s income in the process? Questions like these motivate many churches to depart from traditional church models and to experiment with innovative techniques for…
Dec, 13, 2018 0
Perhaps you are currently serving a local congregation as a bivocational pastor or multi-vocational pastor (as I once did), and you are reading this with all kinds of thoughts and feelings swirling through your heart and mind. Words like “success,” “stress,” “no margin,” and “never good enough,”…
Dec, 05, 2018 0
As a sending church, our theological identity as Nazarenes is lived out in tangible expressions. A theology that never moves beyond abstract ideas into real-world living is a theology that merely becomes a mental exercise. We might agree with the notion that God cares about what we do and yet find…
Dec, 05, 2018 0
“I do not like work, even when someone else does it.”—Mark Twain, “Lost Napoleon” (published 1924)
Few people would disagree with Twain’s quote. The predominant sentiment about work is well captured in Twain’s statement: work is a burden and a chore, a necessity for survival. In rare cases, work…
Dec, 04, 2018 0
Most workers in North America have a great deal of legal freedom when it comes to sharing our faith. In fact, many countries have statements on religious freedom that can protect workers in regard to sharing their faith. Federal workers in the United States, for instance, are protected by the…
Dec, 03, 2018 0
HT: Steve, your restaurant has a bold mission statement that combines business and ministry. Would you share that with us?
SV: Steve’s Classic Burgers is a faith-based food ministry and restaurant that seeks to serve the community and touch lives for the Kingdom of God. Though we are a “for profit…
Nov, 28, 2018 0
Welcome
Grace and peace to you, in the name of God the Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
On behalf of the Board of General Superintendents (BGS), I officially welcome everyone to the 95th General Board, Church of the Nazarene — the first of four Sessions to be held between now and…
Nov, 19, 2018 0
A book I read in graduate school revolutionized my understanding of work. Max Weber, a German sociologist and economist of the early 20th century, wrote a series of essays in 1904-05 that later became his famous book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Sociologists regard it as one…
Nov, 19, 2018 0
“He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.’”—Mark 16:15
I often have conversations with followers of Jesus Christ who tell me that it’s difficult for them to connect with people who don’t know the Lord. Their lives have become insulated by the church and…