Ministry in and to the community is the most critically important, but often overlooked activity of the local church. The church gets busy doing the “inward focused” activities that serve and even appear to strengthen the church. But somewhere along the way, they fail to turn outward and engage the local community by meeting it’s... Continue Reading →
Owsley County Food Place Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
On the beautiful Fall Friday afternoon of October 12th, the Owsley County Food Place celebrated 20 years of ministry to families in and around Booneville. The celebration took place outside at the Owsley County Senior Citizens shelter. There was bluegrass gospel music, Bible reading, sharing about the ministry, prayer of thanksgiving for the ministry and... Continue Reading →
Short-term missions and team devotions
Short-term missions is strategic for making disciples not only globally, but locally within of our own congregations. Using short-term mission efforts for disciple-making among our own church members is one slice of the disciple-making pie. No need to reinvent the wheel here. Ample resources are available for mission teams to use for team devotions. Teams... Continue Reading →
Why Cultural Awareness is Important in Ministry?
Jesus commanded us in Matthew 28:18-20 to “go and make disciples of all nations.” To do this effectively requires us to have some understanding of the community and the culture that God has called us to minister within. Race, age, religious belief, economic status, language, educational background, unique community marks of identification, major social issues... Continue Reading →