Every Bit Helps
Posted: November 7, 2019By Sue Sprang FREELAND – Thanks to the Bertha H. Wilson Fund Endowment, which provides grants to Saginaw-area churches, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freeland has been able to build on […]
Read more →Six Years and Counting: Part 3
Posted: August 5, 2019By Sue Sprang SYNOD – What follows is part 3 of sharing some of my favorite stories (which have been updated/abridged in this article) that I wrote for “Mission in the […]
Read more →Six Years and Counting: Part 2
Posted: July 16, 2019By Sue Sprang SYNOD – What follows is part 2 of sharing some of my favorite stories (which have been updated/abridged in this article) that I wrote for “Mission in the […]
Read more →Six Years and Counting: Part 1
Posted: June 24, 2019By Sue Sprang SYNOD – When asked if I would write stories for the “Mission in the Mitten” column on the synod’s website, how could I resist? It’s rare when I […]
Read more →Six Things We Have Learned Since the Publication of Autopsy of a Deceased Church
Posted: June 5, 2019By Thom Rainer I was stunned. When I wrote Autopsy of a Deceased Church five years ago, the response took me by surprise. While all authors expect or hope their books will […]
Read more →Evangelism is the Greatest Form of Discipleship
Posted:By Josh Daffern Many churches have a general mission statement that goes something like this: “To glorify God by making fully-devoted disciples of Jesus Christ.” By the way, that’s the mission statement […]
Read more →Trapp Grants Assist Northern Congregations
Posted: June 3, 2019By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Nine congregations recently benefited from grants received from the North/West Lower Michigan Synod’s Trapp Endowment Fund. The Trapp family gifted the synod with the funds […]
Read more →Soccer…Jesus-style
Posted: February 14, 2019By Sue Sprang SAGINAW – Sunshine, dedication, and lots of energy and enthusiasm helped to make Ascension Lutheran Church, Saginaw, 2018 Soccer Camp a success. Last year was the third […]
Read more →Keeping Christianity Weird – Embracing the Discipline of Being Different
Posted: January 14, 2019Michael Frost is an Australian theologian and author. He is the Director of the Tinsley Institute for Mission Study and Head of the Missiology Department at Morling College in Australia. […]
Read more →Seven Traits of Healthy Churches Today
Posted: October 1, 2018By Thomas Rainer I am not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Indeed, put me in a room with nine other people, and I am likely to be the tenth […]
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