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STUDENT MINISTRY: Signs of a Healthy Student Ministry-Church Integrated
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As we finish our series on a healthy student ministry, we want to take a look at one of the most important things that tends to get overlooked. In an effort to reach students and provide an age-related focus, we can often create a student ministry that is separate from the church as a whole. This is often referred to as a “silo” mindset. This approach will lead to ministries fighting for budget dollars and disunity in the church.
Student ministry is ultimately an auxiliary of the church. ...
HEALTHY CHURCH: 40 Days of Unceasing Prayer
In The Presence Centered Church, our good friend Bill Elliff quotes his mentor Manley Beasley as saying, “The mark of a godly man and the mark of a godly church is that everything they do is God-initiated.” Bill states, “Everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything.” More importantly in John 5:30, Jesus said, “I can do nothing on my own initiative.” Paul instructs us in I Thess....