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Christianity Today and SmallGroups.com are offering a new free tool to help small group leaders with ideas, resources, and leadership insights. Their goal through this digizine (digital magazine) is to equip and support small group leaders while offering extra encouragement to those passionate about group ministry.  The best part is that they are offering this [...]

I recently met a single mom that God has brought through some tremendous trials.  She has overcome addictions, abuse and host of incredible challenges. She’s also found tremendous strength in her faith through the support of Christians around her.   It was really exciting to observe that she is maturing in her faith. It was so visible through [...]

I had the privilege of working with Brian Jones for almost 10 years as we planted Christ’s Church of the Valley in the suburbs of Philadelphia.  He was recently one of the speakers at the North American Christian Convention and he also writes for the Christian Standard.  I really respect Brian’s insight because he just has a [...]

I’ve heard it said numerous times, “If you’re not measuring it, you can’t manage it.” It is a statement that is so true in the business world but does that really translate to ministry? I certainly believe so. We can see from the teachings of Jesus that there is an expectation of growth.  The parables [...]

Our arts guy at Hope Summit just started blogging on his new website “Worship and Stuff”.  He began at Hope Summit in a volunteer role around 1990 and was working at the church full time by 2003.  Ric is an awesome drummer, skilled worship leader, and great at building teams.  On his website he’ll be [...]

A big part of my personal Bible study and sermon preparation includes spending time in the original language.  While I have had some education on Biblical languages I’m not at all an expert and thus have spent significant money and time on tools to bridge the gap.  I’ve used expensive tools like QuickVerse and Logos and lots [...]

I’ve received many calls over the years from leaders in the church about conflict.  Small group leaders, elders, key volunteers and staff will call and say, “Frank, my team/group is in complete turmoil.”  I’ll often be silent for a minute or two and let them share and then I’ll be quiet for a moment and [...]

I have great respect for my parents.  Every time I’ve observed them undertake a new challenge or a transition in life they have always put great thought into how they should proceed.  Now that my Dad has been retired for a bit he sent me ten tips for making every penny count in retirement.  It’s [...]

As I connect with leaders and volunteers at Hope Summit, I love it when people catch the vision for evangelism.  It isn’t easy to change direction and do something differently when you’ve been doing it the same way for years.  I had the privilege of meeting with our Arts Team and began to cast vision for our [...]

As I settle into my new home here in Rochester I find myself burdened with trying to figure out who lives in our city.  I think its so important to know who God has called us to reach.  As pastors and teachers we encourage missionaries to do their research and embed themselves in a foreign culture to [...]