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    A Question about inreach & outreach

    Greetings to all. I have a few ideas I've been throwing around lately, so I thought I'd lay them on you all and see what you think. At our church, we like to have a few events a year that are big outreach events. Usually, one in the spring & fall or summer and winter. This year, we have already...
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    What is our purpose?

    What is our purpose? One of the polls caused me to think about something I've been talking about for the better part of the last 6 months. With all the books, people, seminars, churches, etc telling us that we need to "find God's purpose" for our lives, it made me question what some of them...
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    Anger & Compassionless

    Please pray for me...I've been getting angry a lot lately, and have no sympathy or compassion for people and their issues. I just want them to get over it and ot hassle me with them. It is something I am trying to fight but it is not working, or works for a while then I just blow up, or say...
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    What's are you doing on Easter?

    Just curious, what is everyone else doing on Good Friday and Easter Sunday? The church I attend is putting on an original drama that our associate minister wrote. Should be a pretty neat program. The great part is, all the area churches are not having a good friday service...They have...
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    The Sinner's Prayer <shudder>

    Well, I had an interesting night last night...So I thought I'd give you the details, followed by a question for opinions (I have mine already). Last night, I was taping an awards event for something called "Upwards Basketball". Basically, what Upwards Basketball is is a bunch of different...
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    What should we name our band?

    Nevermind....Theres no point in posting in here when I get critical remarks from people I don't even know.
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    major requests

    Please pray for me that I might know what to do and say regarding a situation at church. There is a man up for elder and I do not believe he would be anything but a detriment to the church. He is a fine deacon, but frankly I do not want to see him as an elder. So pray for me that I may know...
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    Question regarding Deacons

    Same question as the Elder thread. I know some who say Deacons must have children. Some say they must be married not single. Others say they can be married but don't have to have children. Some say they must have children. What does the bible say? What are your thoughts?
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    Question regarding Elders

    Would someone mind mapping out the biblical qualifications of being an Elder? And also, I'd like to get your opinions on other necessary parts to being a leader (shepherd) over the flock. I believe that you must be biblically qualified, yet there is more to it than that. There are bad leaders...
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    Disheartening...

    Well, I've been away from really posting here for a while...but after a bit of time off I decided I needed to post something for your mulling over. I've been reading around on this websites various threads, looking at the various categories and reading peoples posts. I've read some often times...
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    read this, feel attacked

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    Non-Instrumental church of Christ

    Just curious if anyone would like to take up the task of explaining the church of Christ (non-instrumental) view on instruments? I have been studying this myself lately, and would just like to see if I am missing something. No need for debate either. I understand both viewpoints, and would...
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    Stone-Campbellites? I beg your pardon, sir!

    I was just curious how many are aware of the denominationalizing of the Restoration Movement? Recently, I've heard the RM referred to as the Stone-Campbell movement, and that those who are involved in the RM (I call them "christians"), are being called Stone-Campbellites. Maybe I'm being some...
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    Pray for man in FL

    I just had a rather brusk run-in with a customer service representative...He seemed irritated to talk to me, the customer, and actually hung up on me. I sent the company an email about my concerns and called back. He answered and told me I had a sensitivity problem. I told him all I wanted to...
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    Is advertising the church evil/anti scriptural?

    I am curious the views on advertising "the church". Lately, I've received many mailings from new 'churches' that 'are modern, relevant, and have the best bagels and coffee in town'....in fact, 'you don't even have to get up on sunday morning, just come saturday night for our rockin' music, and...
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    Please pray for me

    Please pray for me...I knew I was in the wrong, but I did it anyway. I don't want to go into details, but I did something that wasn't very nice, and I now regret having done it. Please pray for me that I will get pas this and not have the same issue in the future. Thanks & God Bless.
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    Apologetics? Too little discussion?

    I was recently in a discussion with some folks about apologetics. The question came up, are today's youth ministers too focused on programming, and not as focussed on the teaching of apologetics? A youth minister that I know was recently at a Christ In Youth meeting where he mentioned that...
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    Discipling: How do we effectively do so?

    In the spirit of thinking outside the box, and spurring on ideas, I thought I'd create this thread to share ideas. Have you ever noticed that sometimes, when a person is baptised, often times, the cycle is not fully completed? A person hears the word, believes, confesses, repents, and is...
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    What methods of evangelsim does your church use?

    I've asked this before with limited response, but I'll ask again. What methods of evangelism does your church use? It seems that the biggest trouble with RM churches is their lack of outreach. Last year, our focus was on reaching out the the community. Something we called, "Thinking outside...
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    pray for my grandfather/dad - melanoma

    I was raised by my grandfather and call him dad. His name is Bill, and he just found out a spot ofoot was melanoma. & doctors misdianosed it, and he finally was properly diagnosed. Pray that the doctors are able to remove it successfully, and though it is small, that it has not spread into the...
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