by Belinda King | Oct 6, 2021 | Ask the Advisors, Featured
When is a worship service like a Prius? Luke 10:2-the Plentiful Harvest– “And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Most people are...
by Gilberto Collazo | Dec 4, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
This week, Ask the Advisors welcomes guest blogger Gilberto Collazo, Vice President of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) and Lead for Hope Partnership Services. In 1964, I lived through the 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska. I was only five years old at the...
by Rosario Ibarra | Nov 20, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Is it possible to thrive during this uncertain time of the coronavirus? It depends. Businesses such as delivery services, online classes, grocery stores and cleaning services are thriving because they are meeting the needs of people at this time. Can congregations do...
by Terrell McTyer | Nov 10, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
This week, Ask the Advisors welcomes guest blogger Terrell L McTyer, Minister of New Church Strategies at New Church Ministry. Question: Does God still expect us to fulfill the Great Commission during the pandemic? From the day of Pentecost to the dread of the...
by Jim Michel | Oct 27, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Wow!!! I looked out my office window earlier this week and, to my surprise (and that of my local meteorologist), the ground was covered with snow. “How could this happen?” I asked no one in particular, to which my fourteen-year-old son began to explain moisture,...
by Craig Walls | Oct 6, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, Featured
That’s an easy question. The answer is fear! In my more than 20 years of pastoral ministry, both in local congregations and at Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), the greatest threat I’ve seen to successful ministry of any kind, including successful building and...