CHARISMATICA

I have literally gone fishing for a couple of weeks. I won’t be posting for a while, but since I do have some access to ‘WIFI’ where I am going, I will be checking the comments every once in a while and I will probably keep reading some of my favorite blogs. God Bless [...]

The are so many mega churches in America that remind me of several of the corporations that I have worked for over the years. The Pastor is the CEO and uses the corporate jet and lives in the executive neighborhood with the proverbial house on the hill designed for the obligatory parties and entertainment that [...]

The Assemblies of God are starting a new aggressive campaign called MX9 aimed at planting 1,000 new churches in the USA. The venues of the new plants will include an innovative variety of locations like movie theaters, schools, coffee houses, homes, and even satellite sites. All with an emphasis of reaching the unchurched in America.
Steve [...]

Here is an interview of Bob Roberts a pastor and church planter by Mark Galli. I read this in the July 2007 issue of Christianity Today during lunch yesterday and I believe that it is a must read article particularly for those involved in pastoral ministry or church planting.
Bob Roberts has been involved in planting [...]

The Assemblies of God denomination begins a major conference in Indianapolis, Ind. this week to choose new leaders including a new General Superintendent. They have asked for our prayers. John Maempa, director of the AOG National Prayer Center, released the following:
“We are asking churches across the nation to devote a concerted time of prayer this [...]

As I recall, it was sometime in 1970 while I was in seminary that I came across a couple of hippies preaching. They were teaching that Jesus was coming back any day for his church, the Anti-Christ was going to be ruling in Europe soon and Russia was going to attack Israel but the USA [...]

The latest Fire In My Bones article ( Fri. July 27, 2007) from J. Lee Grady is a must read: “The Deadly Virus of Celebrity Christianity”.
Paul and Barnabas and later Silas use to walk from town to town and were known to even work occasionally to support themselves. Jail was more often than not their [...]