Sunday Service
- Adult 1st Service: 9AM
- Adult 2nd Service: 11AM
- Youth Service: 10:45AM
New Shepherds Must Seek Nonbelievers
Some pastors do not enjoy their ministries. This usually happens when they're running maintenance ministries rather than purpose-driven ministries. Maintenance ministry solely focuses on church activities, such as worship services, prayer meetings, Bible studies, visitations, and church administration, without having a clear overall purpose.
Maintenance ministry is hard; as hard as trying to keep balance on a bicycle without pedaling. If you try hard enough, you might avoid falling for a while, but if you lose your concentration, you will immediately tip over. But if you ...
Living God Empowered Life
1 Thessalonians 3:1-13
Do you know that in life discouragement is unavoidable? And, it will come to kill your excitement for the Lord. When discouragement sets in, your heart feels as if something has died from within. There is an inescapable numbness that drains all your energy and is heavy. You sit for a moment and wonder how quickly your excitement for the Lord has vanished. Everything feels surreal and you struggle to move on with life.
You were expecting something purposeful to take place, but instead something unimaginable has happened. You had all the right ...
Village Leaders
Two important prayer topics occupied my mind throughout last year in regards to New Life ministry. One was to hear from God where He would have us focus our time, resources and energy in doing missions. This need was shared with you through the 234 Prayer for 2006. The other was to develop the village structure and choose and establish village leaders to help our house church ministry become more effective and fruitful.
As you know, through my sabbatical mission trip to Southeast Asia, God has clearly shown us the importance of concentrating our effort in Chiang Mai, ...
Thanks To Our House Church Members
We have exceptionally dedicated House Church Leaders. I cannot even begin to describe their level of devotion.
But we also have exceptionally cooperative house church members. I realize that I occasionally express my gratitude toward the House Church Leaders and their wives, but rarely thank house church members. So I want to do that in this column.
Our church members are mostly new Christians who became believers through our house church ministry. So when the time comes for house churches to multiply, we are sometimes forced to appoint as leader someone who is not fully ...
Speaking In Tongues
I am glad that some people have started to speak in tongues at our church. People receive the gift while praying alone or in groups. Some received the gift during the most recent Special Early-morning Prayer Meetings. As a pastor who values non-eccentric, "natural" spirituality, it is gratifying to see such gifts spread among the congregation quietly and naturally.
According to Scripture, there are two varieties of speaking in tongues. One involves speaking in a foreign language unknown to the speaker (Acts 2:1-6). The other involves speaking in a prayer language that is ...
No Church Cemetary Lot
Church members frequently suggest that our church buy a large cemetery plot. They list many advantages of doing so. "If our church buys a large lot and resells them in pieces, our members can get a plot at a reduced price." "If church-wide burial grounds are available, members don't have to pay a higher price when a family member dies suddenly and they are forced to buy a plot immediately." "It would be nice for church members to be buried side by side when they die."
I am personally opposed to the idea.
I don't feel that it's right to buy burial grounds with church ...
Missions Month
All throughout the month of February, we will be focusing our attention on world missions. We will be hearing from missionaries from all around the world! Each of these speakers has obeyed God’s call to go and reach the world for Christ, and each of them has an incredible story to share with you. A brief description of each speaker is available for you to read in the special bulletin insert entitled, “Missions Month.”
I hope that you will listen intently to what God is revealing to you personally as you hear from these speakers. Most of the world’s best ...