Drill or Die: Why Your Church
Needs Safety Sabbath 2016
By Anna Bartlett
It's Sabbath morning at your local church but one person in attendance did not come to worship. The gunman enters your sanctuary and pulls out a weapon.
 
When Carlos' mother comes to pick him up after Sabbath School, the other children say he left with a woman they had never seen before.
 
The church electrical system catches fire on Sabbath morning and most members and guests make it out, but Tessa is one of the last to exit because no one stopped to help her with her wheelchair.  Read More
Mafgia: A Ministry for Post-Abortive Women
By Dianne Wagner
As we pulled up in front of the convention center in Austin, we really did not know what to expect from this particular group. It was the North American Division, Ministerial Conference. A year and a half earlier at GYC in Orlando, Esther Knott had invited us to come and be a part of it. "You need to be there." Her invitation made an impression on us and we determined to go.

Here we were amongst the "shepherds" of our church, individuals who had committed their lives to the ministry of Jesus Christ and held a powerful influence on the lives of their congregations. Pastors, who are watched and scrutinized, critiqued and analyzed, listened to or ignored. Spouses who have had to learn to live with loneliness, sacrifice, little privacy, or how to be joyful even when her home life seemed to be falling apart. As we watched these couples come in, what first seemed to be a bit intimidating quickly changed. Their vulnerability to trials and weariness, apathy and depression, was very real. We found ourselves wanting to pray for each one of them. Read More 
The Importance of Study
By Elizabeth Talbot 
Elizabeth Talbot, most recently the associate speaker for the Voice of Prophecy, is now the speaker/ director for the Jesus101 Biblical Institute, a new media ministry of the North American Division. She travels throughout the U.S. and internationally as a lecturer and revival/ motivational speaker. She is regularly featured on the Hope Channel (Jesus101), LLBN (CrossTalk), 3ABNLatino (Jesus es TODO) and Esperanza TV (C�ntico Nuevo). Elizabeth has authored several bookletsand articles, including Matthew: Prophecy Fulfilled, John: God Became Flesh, Luke: Salvation for All, Mark: Good News, and Surprised by Love, published by Pacific Press. She is married to Patrick Talbot, a marriage and family therapist. Her main identity is her passion about the 
good news of Jesus Christ: It's like fire in my bones, she says. And she means it!  Watch Here

Events, Resources, Announcements

Don't Waste Your Life Doing Youth Ministry - Your teenagers are waiting for you to stop wasting your life and their time. They're tired of just playing games, singing songs, going to camp and hearing another lesson on self-image, sex or media choices. They want to be a part of a God-breathed revolution.

5 Things You Should Never Say to a Young Widow - It's hard to know how to best reach out to those who are young and widowed. Here are a few things that are best left unsaid.
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