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Flying Priests

Apparently the Russians are dedicated to having a church of worship on their army bases, as opposed to performing worship services in tents or other military buildings. It has just been announced that their army will have an air-dropped chapel (along with parachuting priests) where their soldiers are stationed. The churches are needed because of special rules […]

Something for Your Soul

This story in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal caught my attention because I have recently started running and I also regularly work out at the YMCA, so I figured it would be right up my alley. I quickly realized that it isn’t just about a man’s determination to stay in shape and to challenge himself with marathon running, […]

ISC 2012 Is 3 Months Away!

Hopefully by now you have heard of ISC, or the International Shelby Conference. It is our annual conference that is being held in Memphis, TN this year (shout out to our hometown!) and is full of classes and many special opportunities to meet people who do what you do each and every day. If this is […]

Round Three: How Do You Spread the Gospel?

We’ve already covered Round One that asks, “Why Are You A Christian?” and Round Two: “Community… and Why It’s Important!” Today we sum up the three-part series with the topic of evangelism. As Christians, we’ve always been told that an important part of our faith involves spreading the Gospel to the unchurched. “It’s important to know the […]

A Cool Observation of God’s Work

This is the coolest thing! I came across this interactive scale of the universe on one of my favorite blogs, churchm.ag (ChurchMag), and it lets you scroll in or out to see the size and details of some of the largest and smallest living and non-living things in the universe. It really puts everything into perspective […]

[VIDEO] Podcast On ISC 2012 With Karen Bishop

We’ve got a new podcast today with Events Manager Karen Bishop, who joins us to talk about our International Shelby Conference 2012. ISC 2012 is scheduled for June 13-15 in Memphis, TN. Karen tells us about this year’s exciting keynote speaker, the worship and praise leaders, who should attend the conference, special speakers and classes, […]

Round Two: Community… & Why It’s Important!

In round one of this three-part series, I talked about what we are supposed to say, as Christians, when people ask us about our faith. Today is about community, and why God wants us to use our communities to answer these questions and reach out to those who don’t know Him. Why do laws sometimes […]

Quora Has a New Resource Section for Churches!

Matt Branaugh, the Director of Editorial at Christianity Today, Church Management Team, has created a page on Quora, a question and answer community site that was actually started by two Facebook employees and is completely operated by its users. Branaugh has created a “Church Management Resources” page that stores information that can be useful for […]

Year: 2012