Motivation: sometimes we feel that that’s the crucial missing piece in seeing our fellowship move forward in effective evangelism! Here … More
Category: Church Resources
Someone’s Moving Away? Finding Their Next Church Home Is Vital
One of the most crucial times for pastoral care may be when someone leaves our church because they’re moving to … More
Thinking Through Church Discipline Before It Arises
Church discipline is something we may well hope never to have to handle. Unfortunately, the new testament makes clear it’s … More
Outreach Using Surveys & Questionnaires
In outreach we want to find ways to get into good conversations about Jesus! – and one way is through … More
A Fresh Way To Explore the Bible, As A Group! (Bob Grahmann Guest Blog)
Many small groups could discover vast new vistas of the Bible if they discovered Manuscript Bible Study! It’s astonishing how … More
Facing Conflict And Tough Conversations?
We’re pausing Romans for one week for a guest blog written awhile ago on something practical and really important, by … More
Growing In Pastoral Care In The Homegroup – And Elsewhere!
(The latest in our occasional series for homegroup leaders and homegroup leader training – for more see our Homegroup Leader … More
Marriage Crisis First Aid
Suddenly I hear there is a marriage in deep crisis among the people I’m caring for. It would be nice … More
20 Things To Check In The Week Before You Preach
Pray for God’s presence, as you prepare, and on the day: `I will not go unless You go with me!` … More
Leadership Review Questions On Our Evangelism
How can we see a lot more people start following Jesus? Here are some questions that may perhaps be useful … More
What Should We Make Sure We Teach?
What shall we teach in our church this year? And how can our church’s teaching programme be as fruitful as … More
Leading Effective Prayer Meetings (George Verwer guest blog)
Satan’s greatest aim is to destroy our prayer lives. Satan is not afraid of prayerless work or prayerless religion. But … More
Eleven Questions For Youth Leaders
It’s a fantastic privilege for us as youth leaders to unlock the destiny of the folk we serve. So how? … More
Helping Our Church Love The World Like God Does
We worship a God who loved the lost world so much that he gave the most precious thing he had … More
Pastoral First-Response, Or Crisis, Resources: A Selection
One of the big challenges a church leader can face is when pastoral issues come up that we feel ill-equipped … More
Planning Church Leadership Training
To be fruitful, churches need to be good at investing in good people, and so generating leaders! At our church … More
Listening Together: Joint Muslim-Christian Events
On numerous occasions I’ve had the huge privilege of involvement in a get-together where many dozens of Muslim friends listened … More
Your Church’s Statement of Faith: Why & How
Why do we need a church statement of faith? And what do we actually do with it? The answer’s simple. … More
Some Pointers For Disciplers
`Making disciples`, really serious followers of Jesus, is central to the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19). What we call `discipling` happens … More
Questions For Debriefing Your Missionary
It’s very important, when missionaries we support come home (temporarily or longterm), that they feel their home church really cares … More
Marrying Cross-Culturally: Some Things To Think About
More and more people today are going joyfully into cross-cultural marriages. But when we ourselves did, there was little advice … More
Reasons For Faith Course: ReadMeFirst
This is an introductory post with resources for a course you could call ANSWERING TOUGH QUESTIONS: on the reasons we … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 1, leader’s notes
Always open in prayer to God who cares about what we’re doing! INTRODUCTION BY GROUP LEADER: This course is called … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 1 handout
`Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for your hope!’ (1 … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 1, notes afterwards
Why are we doing this? We’re doing it because God never told us `just believe`. 1 Peter 3 says `Always … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 2, leader’s notes
Open in prayer. Who had the opportunity to share some of last week’s material with someone who’s not yet a … More
Reasons for Faith Course: session 2 handout
JESUS, TRIUMPHANT OVER DEATH…… CAN WE BELIEVE IT? What everyone agreed: Jesus died and was buried…. … More
Reasons for Faith Course: session 2, notes afterwards
? How could a good God allow so much suffering? The Bible teaches no easy answers to this question. At … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 3, leader’s notes
Open in prayer. Who had the opportunity to share some of last week’s material with someone who’s not yet a … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 3, notes afterwards
? Isn’t the church evil? When people ask this question we have a great chance to explain the difference between … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 4, leader’s notes
Open in prayer. Who had the opportunity to share some of last week’s material with someone who’s not yet a … More
Reasons For Faith Course: session 4, notes afterwards
? We’re a pluralistic society. Our world has many sincerely-held beliefs. How can there be only one true faith, how … More
