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Propterea sicut per unum hominem in hunc mundum peccatum intravit et per peccatum mors et ita in omnes homines mors pertransiit in quo omnes peccaverunt. Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum ut Filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam.
Christmas Project – Hope of the Grand Valley
Let’s help Hope of the Grand Valley spread the message that this is a season of hope and that there are neighbors in this valley that care about their struggles and their family. The following is a note from Vickie McGee, Director/Founder of Hope of the Grand Valley, one of our strategic partners. In order to not duplicate services, and provide for more families in need, HOPE of the Grand Valley is focusing on our employed working families that are…
God`s Social Change Agent
Cultural norms and morals don’t originate in in the political and legal structures of our government. Our political leaders and systems are simply a reflection of the character and values of the people of our nation. Positive social change and movement rarely begins in our nation’s capital and usually is the last place it appears. Washington is a place where tenured bureaucrats are totally invested in maintaining the status-quo, politicians are consumed with managing public opinion and getting re-elected, and powerful special interest…
A Church Rising Up Out of the Culture
One of the books that we have referenced in the formation process of NineSevenZero Church is John Burke’s, No Perfect People Allowed. There he described a type of missional church that resonated with our hearts and our intentions – A Church Rising Up Out of the Culture. “This is…not a church for a post-Christian culture, where Christians huddle up behind the fortress walls and make forays outside into the messy culture, but a church molded out of a post-Christian people ~…
While There`s Hope There`s Life
Most people (me included) use the word hope as a verb, like in the closing of a conversation, “I hope things get better.” Honestly, it’s usually just wishful thinking and a way to sound compassionate but that’s not what people need. While there is a active part to the hope that people need, the first thing that our community needs is for us to be a people of hope. The noun form of the word, a hope that is as…
How Should We Respond to a Community Tragedy?
The mass shooting that occurred at a theatre in Aurora, Colorado, has once again reawakened societal fears, invaded the psyche of our nation and sparked another round of political debate. For Coloradans memories and feelings associated with the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 and the YWAM and New Life Church shootings in 2007 instantly came flooding back. Our state has once again been rocked by the senseless murder of innocent lives and we are left with a gaping range…
The Problem with the Big Box Church
The way we do church is working with fewer people in our culture all the time.The model of church that most of us are a product of is quickly becoming ineffective in today’s world. This isn’t about styles of worship, high church or low church, mainline or independent, protestant or catholic, liturgical or pentecostal. This is about all of the Christian churches. Just about every church in America can be described with three words: “Come to us.” That is it.…
Mission to Our Community
There is something amazingly powerful about extending no charge, no-strings-attached service that has no purpose other than to bless someone else. It never ceases to amaze me how profoundly people are touched by the simplest acts of genuine care and selfless service. First off, it is a clear witness to others of the grace that God has extended to us. A tangible unconditional love that not only is visible but is deeply felt. An extravagant love that was modeled by…
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