TCN: Nothing to see here! Move along!

The January Reporter ran a very positive article about the Transforming Churches Network. I didn't learn terribly much from the article and the group uses enough jargon to make a federal bureaucrat blush, so a trip to their web site requires some good translation skills. But Scott Diekman has written extensively about the group. In this post here at the Steadfast site, he praises TCN's staff for their attempt to grow the church but criticizes some of the church growth methodology they use. He's ...

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Good Stuff Found on the Web - Cyberbrethren

It's been a while since we have promoted Pastor Paul McCain's Cyberbrethren blog. If you aren't a follower of this blog I would strongly recommend your adding it to your RSS feed reader! There is a ton of good stuff found on that blog each week. An example is the post below from 1845 showing how we never see anything new .. we are still fighting the problems that have always affected the church. Where is the Christian to look for ...

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Last Chance to Register for the BJS Conference this Coming Weekend

We will take registrations at the door but for the sake of our head count as go out this week to buy all the wonderful food for the Brothers and Sisters, we would like to have an accurate headcount. This is one of the finest theological conferences and retreats of the year. We have three very engaging speakers including Mollie Ziegler Hemingway's first address to a national audience. Those of ...

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Higher Things Lenten Devotions Available

Higher Things Internet Services is pleased to announce that the 2010 Lenten Reflections are now available. These Reflections, written by Pastor George Borghardt, focus us on having a "Happy Lent" ...

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More On President Kieschnick's New Book, by Pr. Tom Messer

Todd, Yes, President Kieschnick does know that there’s more to it than that. The portion of the quote I excluded with the ellipsis reads: “. . . The pastor might or might not be robed ...

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Interesting Quote from President Kieschnick's First Book Which has Now Hit the Shelves, by Pr. Rossow

I got a call today from some friends in St. Louis who have purchased President Kieschnick's new book. They had not read enough to offer a critique but Pastor Thomas Messer, from Alma, Michigan ...

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Good Stuff Found on the Web -- Faith Conversations from Pastoral Meanderings

Most of us who are heads of families have tried several times to get a regular family devotion going with a variety of levels of success. Pastor Peters from Pastoral Meanderings has an article titled ...

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A Song Heard on KFUO AM (and maybe at a church near you), by Todd Wilken

Here’s the problem with churches (or in this case, our synod’s AM radio station) choosing music for worship (or for broadcast) based on a song’s success in the world of Contemporary Christian ...

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Why Liberals Stay, by Jim Pierce

(Editor's Note: Frequent BJS commenter and Steering Committee member Jim Pierce wrote this interesting piece on his blog. Be sure to check out the other posts on his blog as well by going to ...

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Time to Reserve Your Place at the BJS Conference "No Pietists Allowed Parties"

For the second year in a row we are topping off our Friday night at the BJS conference with an array of "No Pietists Allowed Parties." Since some of the parties have limited space we give conference ...

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Another Way to Order Matt Harrison's Book of Joy, by Pr. Rossow

Here is an ad I just received via e-mail from the Indiana District Concordia bookstore.  If you haven't ordered Harrison's book of joy yet, here is a good way to do so. Even though we are one ...

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