Why Can’t We Get Families from Our School to Join Our Church?
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior. Since my last column, the school year was completed, Vacation Bible School is most likely done, the summer heat has kicked
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Purposeful Unity, or “Let’s Go Fishing!”
One of my favorite stories is by Max Lucado. Titled “When Fishermen Don’t Fish” (In The Eye Of The Storm), Lucado tells the story of a fishing trip ruined by
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Certification and Celebration – First Class from Area C Completes Evangelist 101
Equipping and sending evangelists are part of an initiative by the Texas District to deploy multiple levels of servant-leaders from local congregations to help make disciples and multiply faith communities.
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Black History Month: Where Are We?
Rev. Howard Lee Thomas III is a church planter and pastor of S.O.O.N. (Something Out Of Nothing) Church Third Ward, a new church community that he and his wife Alyssa
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Lutheran Literacy Project – God is Always at Work!
Update from Dr. Margaret Peterson, LLP staff and member of Texas District Board of Mission Administration: Lutheran Literacy Project (LLP) started a donation effort more than two years ago to
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Revitalized Congregations Evangelize
The centrality of the local congregation to evangelize the world—and specifically North America—is very important to understand for the mission of God to advance in the 21st century. God did
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The Counting That Matters the Most – Do the work of an Evangelist
On presidential inauguration day January 20th, 2021 (I confess that I was glued to the TV), I could not help myself but wonder over the passing of the baton from
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Walk in Unity
“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one
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A Small Congregation with a Big Heart
Many missionary colleagues and I have asked about measuring success in mission. In a desire to be accountable to the church through which the Lord has called us to ministry,
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Edge Network Recognizes Those Who Exemplify Their Vision
The Edge Missions Network is celebrating the work of two staff members who exemplified the 2019 vision to be the touch of Jesus through intentional hospitality and compassion. In 2019
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