Charisma News - "As thousands begin to gather at Ford Field for TheCall, nearly 50,000 others poured into Lal Badahur Stadium in Hyderabad, India, yesterday, to hear Franklin Graham preach the Word of God."
21 Skills of Great Preachers
Desperate Pastor Blog - "The one thing most of us would rather do than preach, is hear another great preacher. I mean a “Great” preacher. I’ve learned plenty from hearing the best preachers, especially in a live setting. For most of my life, when sitting under a great preacher, I’ve taken dual sets of notes, including content on one list, and a separate set of notes on their communication skills. What have I discovered in these 40 years worth of notes? Here’s my summary:"
Tourist or Pilgrim?
Wesleyan life - "Growing up in a beach community in Delaware there were locals, and then there were the tourists. During the safe summer months when the sun was shining, the beaches were pristine, and the waves manageable, the tourist saturated the seashore like ants at a picnic.
Tourists are always associated by crowds, prime real estate, and main attractions. The tourist carefully selects the times and seasons of his arrival through the grid of comfort and convenience. During November when the nor'easters stir up an angry Atlantic, the beaches are always bare and no tourist can be spotted. (To the local, November is one of the best times to comb the beach and visit the pounding surf.)
By definition the tourist avoids the tough, the painful and the messy."
Francis Chan Helping Ministry Plant 586 Churches
Charisma News - "San Francisco's Tenderloin district houses 37,000 people in 586 apartment buildings. Francis Chan and a local ministry dream of planting churches in those apartment buildings—in every single one of them."
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