Let’s be honest — preaching can feel like planting seeds in a windstorm. You spend hours in prayer and preparation. You labor over every word, every illustration, every point of application. Sunday comes and you deliver the message God laid on your heart. And by the time you hit the parking lot, someone’s asking if […]
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“To inspire, challenge, and equip the church to share the Gospel with the lost from here to the nations.” This is the goal of Calvert Grace Community Church’s annual outreach conference. Calvert Grace Church, located in Owings, Md., strives to have a robust missions culture. While they regularly pray for their missionaries and hear testimonies of their work during Sunday services, their outreach conference
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Behold your King. That is what Pontius Pilate said when he brought Jesus before the crowd. The Roman governor gestures toward a battered man standing beside him—face swollen, back torn open by whips, a crown of thorns driven into His head—and he says with a hint of scorn, “Behold your King.” Pilate means it as
There’s incredible beauty when someone keeps their word! When someone makes a promise, however great or small, and they follow through — keeping that promise — it’s a breath of fresh air, a cold glass of water on a hot summer day. When promises are kept consistently over time, an undeniable confidence is built. God’s
A few years ago I set the goal for myself to read the Bible cover to cover, and to gain more knowledge of the Word. The journey for knowledge that I set myself on would quickly turn into heart knowledge and experiences of beholding my King. This knowledge of His character helped me trust Him
What does it mean to behold something? To gaze, to ponder, to treasure, to notice? Beholding something is not passive. It is more than giving something a cursory glance. No, beholding is an active response. It’s pausing what we are doing to truly take in what is before us. Behold is a command. It requires
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Momentum Ministry Partners exists to create spaces where leaders are equipped, relationships are formed, and the Gospel moves forward through the local church. This year, that mission is clearly reflected in the church named Momentum’s Partner of the Year: Grace Fellowship – Pickerington Campus, in Central Ohio. In announcing this year’s awards, Momentum celebrated Grace
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Charis Disaster Response (CDR) has again partnered with On Mission Network to provide a regional disaster response training in Eastern Pennsylvania. On Mission Network is a ministry network with decades of experience in training and empowering people and churches to effectively respond when disaster strikes. Each year, On Mission Network ministry partners provide tens of
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Charis Fellowship Conference is a three-day gathering of pastors, ministry leaders, and committed church members for the purpose of studying the Bible, fellowshipping with other believers, and equipping for ministry. During main sessions we will worship together and receive biblical insight and instruction that will refocus our hearts on Jesus, what He did for us, and our
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I vividly remember when the thought first struck me. “We’ve been singing it all wrong… backward!” What song, you may be wondering? The Sunday School classic, I Will Make You Fishers of Men. Okay, Okay…hear me out! The first verse is not what Jesus said to Simon and Andrew. His seaside words were, “Follow me,
