by Jennifer Gerelds | Mar 23, 2021 | Churches Blog
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Galatians 3:28 The Making Life Disciples small group members were agitated. For weeks they had met together on Wednesday nights to go over the...
by Jennifer Gerelds | Feb 11, 2021 | Churches Blog
…Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does...
by Jan Schultz with Jennifer Gerelds | Jan 21, 2021 | Churches Blog
In 2019, members of Church for the City approached the Pastor and church leadership team with a request to establish a prolife ministry. “We wanted to take a stand for life and put our commitment to the sanctity of life into action within our church and...
by Dr. Greg Austen | Dec 17, 2020 | Churches Blog
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” – Jesus (Matthew 5:9, NIV) In the evangelical, pro-life culture I serve in, I have some of the best of friends. Politically, we don’t always see eye-to-eye; in fact,...
by Dr. Greg Austen | Dec 10, 2020 | Churches Blog
“But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, because we wanted to come to you””I, Paul, again and again””but Satan hindered...
by Jennifer Gerelds | Oct 27, 2020 | Churches Blog
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 “This isn’t part of the plan,” Shanshan shook her head in disbelief as the realization of her...