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Continental Theological Seminary Launches Institute of Islamic Studies
CTS’ new Institute of Islamic Studies offers intensive, one-week courses on Islam to prepare students for direct ministry to Muslims. Offered in an English-language international context, the courses involve classroom…
What WOULD Jesus Do?
There’s no hotter topic in the church today than how to respond to the issue of homosexuality. This article on the Charisma website tells what happened in the life of…
Five Ways To Develop Practical Wisdom for Multiethnic Ministry
While many of our network churches were conceived and planted as multiethnic, international congregations, others responded to the change in their communities and embraced those from other nations, languages and…
Six Ideas to Help Churches Transition from Cliche to Creative Design
Most churches are guilty of overusing common spiritual images such as lambs, fire and trees, to illustrate logos, power points and flyers. But designer Laura Bennett encourages us with six…
Panama International Church, Panama City, Panama
Global ICN has churches in six regions; Africa, Asia Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean and Northern Asia. Each region now has a ‘champion’ whose role it is to help gather international…
The 20 Must-Have Ipad Apps For Your Ministry
If you own an Ipad you might be interested to know about these 20 apps that can help you in ministry. From the familiar ‘Dropbox’ and ‘Skype’ to the lesser…
10 Practices To Welcome Church Visitors
According to a Barna Research survey of people looking for a church, 71% of the survey participants reported that “Friendliness to Visitors” is extremely important. If your church needs some…
How To Build Successful Teams
A winning sports team doesn’t get there by accident. It takes hard work, strategy and practice to get from summer camp to the Super Bowl. How about your team? Are…
Sound Doctrine
Church sound technicians are invaluable to the worship service. EQ’ing vocals, eliminating feedback, and working with musicians are just a few of the challenges sound techs face week to week.…