Valerie Johnson on September 29th, 2009

I decided to go to Bible college when I was 40 years old. I didn’t want to be a preacher, I just wanted to learn more about the Bible and become more skilled in teaching classes at my church.  One of the required courses was Evangelism, which I did not want to take because I [...]

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Valerie Johnson on September 24th, 2009

Does your church have a security team?  If not, have you considered forming a team?  Churches today face so many different challenges than they did 30 years ago.  I remember when there was great reverence and respect for the church.  Even drunks would hide their liquor and cross the street instead of walking directly in [...]

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Valerie Johnson on September 15th, 2009

Ministry leaders are embracing social networking with a passion.  We become Facebook friends with our fellow ministry leaders, church members, family and friends.  We follow each other on Twitter: people we know and people we have never met.  We post articles on our blogs and read blog posts written by our social network “friends.”  This [...]

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