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Category Archives: Community Outreach
Planning for Your City: Why the New Jerusalem Won’t Be a Suburb
Growing up in suburbia, I’ve never been a fan of cities. In fact, they make me feel claustrophobic. Cities are often places with higher crime rates, heightened materialism, and a faster rate of decay of traditional morality. Unlike suburbs, they … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, gospel, outreach, planning
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A Failed Story of Evangelism
The Meeting Allen was wandering through the halls of Faith (then Baptist) Church one day when he was looking for the Counseling Office, instead he found the intern office. As he sheepishly popped his head in and asked for directions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost of Discipleship, discipleship, Evangelism, Failure
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Ollies, Kickflips and the Gospel
The sun beats down hot on the concrete, metal and wood of the Lafayette Community Skate Park. A lone skater stands at the top of the half-pipe. With his shoes firmly attached to the grip tape on his skateboard, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Community MInistry, discipleship, Evangelism, gospel, outreach
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Why Send Your Child to Faith’s Vacation Bible School?
Although I have not conducted a formal survey in my thirteen years of overseeing our Vacation Bible School ministry, I have heard many reasons why people send their children to VBS. Here are four of those reasons: 1. It’s FREE, reliable … Continue reading
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Faith West – The Excitement Builds
Last week pastoral intern Josh Greiner and I met with an interior designer, Carrie, from KJG Architecture. On the schematic of Faith West, she began to show us precisely what pieces of furniture would go in the student lounge and … Continue reading
Two Reasons to Be Thankful in the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman Case
In the past few months, we have watched the drama of this case unfold on websites, newspapers, and evening news programs. Without question, this case is disturbing at many levels. This case involves a number of hurting people. The Martin … Continue reading
The All-New Lafayette Passion Play
Check out this video to see how this year’s all-new Passion Play can enrich your celebration of Easter and help you share the message of hope with your family, friends, and neighbors. Continue reading
Why a Judge Spoke at Faith
Last Sunday night we invited the Honorable Judge Loretta Rush from Superior Court 3 to speak to our church family. She presides over most of the juvenile cases in our county (Tippecanoe County in Indiana) and therefore is on the … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, community, community service, mentoring, outreach
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People, Problems, and Faith-Based Solutions
Where you find people, you will unfortunately also find problems–some more challenging than others. But problems are for solving, and we believe God has answers. Sometimes problems get so overwhelming people do not know what to do–especially for the single … Continue reading
Should Faith West Be Funded with Tax Exempt Bonds?
There has been some good conversation in the public square regarding Faith West and the type of financing that is being pursued to build it. Tax exempt bond financing is a mechanism that is not used very frequently in our … Continue reading →