Charlotte Adams | Lizella, Georgia Local churches are the heartbeat of our commission to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. Every congregation of believers is unique with their very own story to tell and their own ability to share. They each are built with their own special strengths, as well as challenges. This diversity …
Benjamin Feliz |General Presbyter Mexico, Central America, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean In the parable Christ told in Luke 14:15-24, He talks about a man (metaphorically representing God the Father) who prepared a banquet and invited many people. The universal plan of salvation includes everyone. God does not want for any sinner to perish, but He wants everyone …
Dr. Phillip E. Davis, Sr. |Chapel Hill, North Carolina How does one heighten their level of worship? Heighten is a verb which expresses an action of some type. Heighten is defined as the ability to increase the amount or degree of doing something; to make brighter or more intense; to bring out more strongly; …
Marsha Robinson | Editor There is an anecdote told of a holiness preacher who was asked to speak at a church. He prayed about it and the Lord confirmed that he was to go. The date for his visit was set. When the time came for the service, the minister arrived at the …
DeWayne Hamby | Orlando, Florida “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24,25). Why are you connected in …
Joy Hensley | International Children’s Ministries Local churches have the great privilege and opportunity to participate in pointing kids towards a lifelong journey of serving God. This is done through discipleship, active participation, and continual testimony. Healthy churches can and should evaluate often to see if they are on target or if they are …
Dr. Elías Rodríguez | Cleveland, Tennessee There was a man of God who had a great career leading God’s people. In today’s Pentecostal language we would say that revival broke out under his leadership. During the days of Eli, his predecessor, “the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions” (1 Samuel …
Mark Menke Since the Nassau, Bahamas launch of the SOPAS Next Generation class “Become a Church with Impact!” back in September 2015, we have taught the class in Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, Alabama, the Southwest Region (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico), Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Grand Cayman, Kenya, Montreal and Toronto, Eastern Canada, Indonesia, …
Dr. Elías Rodríguez | Cleveland, Tennessee Throughout the Scriptures, we find God’s expectations for us to bear fruit. I think that this theme runs from Genesis to Revelation. In the garden of Eden, God commanded the land to “produce vegetation: seed bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, …
Adrian L. Varlack, Sr. | Church Historian ETERNAL LIFE Towards the end of His earthly ministry and while headed to the cross, our Lord Jesus Christ was praying to His Father, announcing within the hearing of His disciples that He had finished the work His Father had given Him to do (John 17). …