Stories
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| Natural Church Development - update |
| October 11, 2005 |
| The barrel will leak water at the shortest or weakest stave! Churches leak God's power and don't maximize His potential increase and multiplication as a result of their weakest quality characteristic! |
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| Oaxaca, Mexico: Here We Come! |
| Rick Craig - October 2005 |
| In the year 2000, the FCC elders charged the Global Mission Team to locate an area in the world to which we could start sending FCC members on short-term mission trips |
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| Group Life: If You Invite Them They Will Come |
| October 2005 |
| When it comes to inviting, we follow one simple principle: If you invite them, they will come. Occasionally I have heard leaders say that they do not invite people “because they might not come.” |
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| Focusing on the Faithful |
| Marilyn Hicks - October 2005 |
| Ever since Ron Carter announced that he was moving on, my head has been spinning with so many memories—not just of Ron’s ministry with us, but also of over 62 years of personal experiences I have had at First Christian Church. My husband, Bob, and I have been members of this church since the 1940’s. |
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| Katrina Hurricane Relief |
| Operation Mobilizaion USA - September 2, 2005 |
| As we have all seen, heard and read in the media, Katrina ripped through several coastal communities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama leaving in its wake a path of destruction and devastation. The death toll continues to rise while there are many people still missing. |
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| Natural Church Development |
| Rick Craig - August 2005 |
| Churches taking the NCD journey do not have to take it alone. Scott and Delores Horn are part of a group of trained coaches across the country that come alongside churches and walk with them |
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| The Testimony Of Noel Garze |
| Noel Garze - August 2005 |
| I pray daily and on occasion read the Bible. I have done volunteer work and considered myself a strong believer. However, I was suffering from depression and chose to ignore it |
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