Much like the impact of our current pandemic on modern churches, the first church in Jerusalem faced unexpected challenges that prevented them from gathering in large groups for worship. But Jesus had already given them a pattern to follow which allowed them adapt and thrive in the midst of this new challenge. We have the opportunity to thrive as well by equipping and empowering our leaders to follow that same pattern in the next phase of this crisis…
Read MoreJesus came into a world dominated by the Roman Empire and a land ruled by the Herods, pseudo-Jewish puppet kings. Yet Jesus lived in and pointed us toward a completely different world, the Kingdom of God. How can we learn to live in that Kingdom today?
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