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Learning to walk under the weight of ministry's many hats.
Steve Cuss
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Worship Can Sound Like Silence and Feel Like Rest
The Liturgy Collective Gathering aims to offer a reprieve to the leaders responsible for filling the soundtracks of our services.
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UPDATED: Stuck in limbo in Bangkok, the “Mayflower church” remains fearful of repatriation to China.
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Why My Church Partners With ‘He Gets Us’
As a Black pastor, I appreciate how the diverse campaign helps my congregation reach our neighbors.
Bryan Carter
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For his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus picked a symbol of lowliness rather than military might.
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Resisting the Impulse of Self-Optimization
In Lent, we realign our identity in Christ and recover our sense of being loved into existence by our Creator.
Jonathan Chan
Bhutanese Nepali Refugees Turn Their Trials into Zeal for Evangelism
Thousands found Jesus while displaced, which prepared them to plant churches and settle in a new land.
Angela Lu Fulton
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