Small group ministry is a program. Like any program it should be viewed as a means to an end. If you don't have a clear idea what you want a program to accomplish its value ought to be seriously questioned. To put it another way: don't have a small group ministry because you think everyone else h...
Category: Church Leadership
Enlarging Worlds: Hunstville Southwood PCA “Adopts” Strapped Elementary School – and It’s Families
By Amy Sherman. The members of Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama, are heavenly minded--and earthly good. The most visible example of this is the giant replica of the solar system they've constructed for Lincoln Elementary School, where 94 percent of attending children are poor ...
Stewardship in a Postmodern World
One issue that makes stewardship a struggle for Christians is the culture of postmodernism. Dr. Albert Mohler wrote, "The postmodernists reject both the Christian and modernist approaches to the question of truth. According to postmodern theory, truth is not universal, is not objective or absolut...
Realizing God’s Covenant for Children
In a training session with children's ministry leaders, a somewhat inclusive question came to us regarding infant baptism, election, covenant and evangelism. Volumes have been written on each of these, but we can only make a short response here. If you read through the PCA Book of Church Order, e...
Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church
Our desire is to challenge and encourage Christians in leadership to know some of the issues in the church world. For example, one pastor of a sizeable church recently asked me, "What is this emerging church topic that I am beginning to hear about?" The reason for using this section of Equip for ...
The Use of Knowledge
A head full of biblical data and doctrinal formulations mean little if they are not used by God to influence our behavior when confronted with obvious life-altering decisions. However, if the information isn't there, it can't be used. We've heard the message but for one reason or another it hasn'...