Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 9, 2004
I can remember when we first arrived as the pastor’s family at Ravenna, there was only a handful of people. In fact, within the first couple weeks it became evident that the Ravenna congregation couldn’t even pay the pastor’s salary.
But instead of crying to the conference for help or making the
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Methodist
Contributed by Dan Thompkins on Jan 11, 2008
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WHAT ARE WE VOTING FOR?
A parishioner had dozed off to sleep during the morning service.
“Will all who want to go to heaven, please stand?” the pastor asked.” – All stood, except the sleeping parishioner.
After they sat, the pastor continued, “Well, will all who want to go to the other place
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Pentecostal
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I never will forget hearing the testimony of a pastor whose experience I heard on tape one day in class, when I was in seminary. I do not remember the pastor’s name. But, I can recall most of what he said when he gave the testimony that I am about to share with you. He said, "When I first started
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United Methodist
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
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Onward Christian Soldier
It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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A FATHER'S ROLE
James Dobson and Gary Bauer in their book Children at Risk articulate the importance of the father’s leadership and his role in the children’s emotional development and moral education: “Fathers must be there to tame adolescent boys, to give a young son a sense of what I means to
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Oct 28, 2002
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BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE!
Eric Hulstrand writes in Leadership magazine: "While I was preaching one Sunday, an elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head on the end of the pew. Immediately, an EMT in the congregation called an ambulance.
As they strapped her to a stretcher and got ready to
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Pentecostal
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JESUS AND UNITY
Jesus knew that people contribute their uniqueness to churches and therefore they make it stronger. Each person in the body (on the team) contains a host of knowledge, insight and experiences to a scenario, or a situation.
Mike Murdoch makes this observation, "Look at those who
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 12, 2011
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ARMY OF THE LORD
A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
My friend replied, "I'm
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 7, 2012
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TOP TEN PREACHERS
A man wrote to a pastor of a large Church saying, "I am visiting your city and I would like to preach in your Church."
The pastor wrote back saying, "Thank you for the offer but we are already sorted for in this area."
The man wrote again saying, "I feel I ought to preach
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Brethren
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A cartoon by Joe McKeever...
A smiling woman greeting a surprised pastor as she leaves church says, "All my life I heard pastors say they were
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Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 25, 2002
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A TIME BETTER SERVED
On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just like I am right now. It was a crime because the week before the village committee had appointed a new pastor. The secular
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