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Posts Tagged ‘Shift Missional Ownership’
6 Reasons Pastors Don’t Teach People to Give…and 7 Things They Can Do
By: Jock Ficken
Most pastors in most churches don’t teach people a biblical foundation for giving and as a result they harvest what they sow…or what they haven’t sown! (This follows the “broken ministry/business model” reference a few weeks ago.) I started down this journey by misadventure some years ago myself. I was a new pastor. I had … Continue reading
Kale and Campbell’s Soup…3 Questions Leaders Should Ask
By: Jock Ficken
Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, but seven years of famine will follow…let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge… (Genesis 41) Joseph had time to prepare Egypt, and God provided a season of abundance…before the famine! Russ Bredholt has been only an occasional … Continue reading
Time to Grit your Teeth and get in the Local Mission
By: Jock Ficken
So many–pastors, churches, women, men–who intentionally enter some slice of their community to represent Jesus and respond to the mission of God start by gritting their teeth and finally giving it a try. They’ve heard about it, talked about it, prayed about it, but never did anything about it. There is a lot of talk, … Continue reading
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