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The Morphing Of Community And Friendship

By Steve Smith on Mar 25, 2017

True friendship and community must be reciprocal.

Tags: Community, Trust, friendship, friendships

3 Tools Small Group Leaders Need To Succeed

By John Gilman Ii on May 9, 2016

Small groups help churches grow because they help strangers become great friends. People stay at churches where they find friends because friendship covers a multitude of sins. Small groups involve us in others’ lives and really invest us in the church. These friendships eventually turn into deep, meaningful connections that can last a lifetime.

Tags: friendship, Small groups, church organization

4 Steps To A Friendlier Church (The G.i.f.t. Plan)

By Sermoncentral on Aug 9, 2016

Genuine friendships are becoming more rare – and thus, of greater perceived value – than any other aspect of modern church life.

Tags: relationships, Friendliness, Friendship New Friends, Equipping Disciples

Who Says Bigger Is Better? 3 Reasons I'm Convinced God Works Through Small Churches

By Chris Surber on Oct 1, 2014

"Bigger churches can do things smaller cannot do. And little churches do things much larger churches can never do."

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-24:20, Acts 11:15-18, Genesis 22:1-15

Tags: family, Preaching, friendship, connection, Small Church  (view more)  (view less)

Dealing Hope In The Darkest Of Nights

By Dave Furman on Sep 24, 2016

God delivered me from the darkness of despair through my friends and family as they shared their hope with me. I’m not talking about a shove-it-in-your-face kind of “sharing.” They didn’t try to explain all my problems away or attempt to explain all of God’s intentions for my suffering.

Scripture: Job 2:11-13

Tags: Jesus, Hope, friendship, Depression

Without Accountability, Confession And Friendship, ‘we’re Going To End Up Out Of Ministry’

By Michael Duduit on Oct 8, 2016

My friend Clayton King, who has never served as a senior pastor (and had not expected to), suddenly found himself leading one of the nation’s largest congregations as interim pastor of NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina.

Scripture: James 5:16

Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Isolation, Leadership General, pastoral leadership

Real Love Encourages Others To Do The Right, Most God-Glorifying Thing

By Sermoncentral on May 22, 2017

Ephesians 4:15 tells us to speak the truth in love, not to withhold the truth in love. Real love doesn’t quit or give up; it will offer help and point to Jesus Christ as the only true source of healing and forgiveness.

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15, John 1:14

Tags: Abortion, friendship, Real Love, speak truth in love

The Overwhelming Majority Of Pastors Don’t Have One

By Lance Witt on Sep 5, 2016

The truth is those of us in ministry often don’t do the friendship thing very well. One survey among pastors found that 70 percent do not have a close friend, confidant, or mentor. Henri Nouwen wrote, “Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships.” What an indictment.