Category Archives: Church
Dealing with charismatic issues in your church
The gathering
Interchange
Experimenting with gatherings
Interchange
We know everyone and everyone knows us: a snapshot of rural ministry
Pastoral Ministry
Church and worship
Interchange
Church and worship
Interchange
Worship III: The gathering-thinking afresh about church
Everyday Ministry, Sola Panel
In this third and final essay in the series, Tony Payne looks at how the Bible describes our Christian gatherings, and what practical difference it might make.
Interview: ‘Worship’ and the local church-a case study
Worship I: Why do we worship as we do?
Leadership: Avoiding the pitfalls: Worldly woes for Christian leaders
Pastoral Ministry
There are certain ways of ‘making it’ as a leader in Christian circles. There are certain, almost expected, ways for church leaders to attain a desirable level of respect and honour.
Leadership: Avoiding the pitfalls: A gospel of leadership
Life
LeadershipRise was the title on the glossy brochure that I pulled out of the letterbox recently. Aside from my curiosity as to why every second seminar these days has to have the word ‘rise’ in it somewhere, my real question was: How come we’ve got this avalanche of leadership-related books and seminars? One more leaflet in the letterbox and I think I will be well and truly buried.
How the Word shapes the Church
Christian unity and denominations
Thought
This is the third and final essay in a series by John Woodhouse on the nature of Christian unity. The first two articles are also available in our online archives: ‘When to unite and when to divide’ and ‘The unity of the church’.
The unity of the church
Thought
The second in a series of essays on the subject of unity. John Woodhouse examines what it means for the church to seek unity here on earth. (Read part one and part three online.)