Saddleback church in Orange County was recently burglarized by their security guard. While congregants sat in their church chairs, Charles Mottern was stealing computers, cameras, and radios. He was picked up by police last Thursday after being followed to his home after he was seen pulling away from the crime scene in a BMW. He [...]
As Thanksgiving comes and goes this year many people will express their thankfulness for the little things as well as the big. It’s important however to remember to be grateful all year round. We are accustomed to giving thanks before dinner or in our church chairs on Sunday morning, but many forget to be thankful [...]
There is a huge amount of resource available online for small church pastors and congregants. While most people would think that any websites would be focused on filling church chairs and growing the church into a mega church. The truth is that most sites are geared towards supporting the focus of a small church. Few [...]
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, churches across the country are using the opportunity to touch their community. Many churches are reaching out to not only the homeless in their area but also the elderly or just lonely as well. The First Assembly of God Church in Ithaca hosted 60 people, and served a complete meal prepared [...]
Missionary kids from different countries are leaving their church chairs and taking the Gospel to Japan. They stand in squares around the city and offer “Five-minute English” lessons. They take this opportunity to help people practice their English while at the same time sharing God’s Word with them. The missionary kids (MKs) are sons and [...]
Students in Berks County were put up to an unusual challenge. They were to raise money for the homeless and spend the night in cardboard boxes in a shopping center parking lot. The exercise was to teach how homelessness can come about for families and the struggle they have to simply eat and stay warm. [...]
A story in CNN today talks about the dangers of drywall imported from China. While not all drywall imported from China is bad, it is almost impossible to distinguish the good from the bad. Drywall that arrives in shipping containers from China is placed in a storage shed by the docks and the owners are [...]
A new report released show that in the first six months on 2009 crimes such as burglary, theft, robbery, arson and vandalism cost Churches in our country $6.3 million. Internal thefts add at least another $2.3 million to that tally. How unfortunate that while we are sitting in our church chairs on Sunday morning worshiping, [...]
In the mostly Muslim Ache province of Sumatra where a tsunami hit in 2004 the Pentecostal church is beginning to thrive. The tsunami killed approximately 167,000 people, or about 15% of the population. Because of the open persecution from the Muslim population most Christian churches choose to take their church chairs and operate underground. Indonesia [...]
In a small church south of Hanoi, North Vietnam local police have repeatedly beat both pastors and worshippers. In 2 separate accounts congregants including women have been pulled from their church chairs and beat. On June 7 sources say that the pastor and an elder where put into separate cells and beat by a group [...]
