“…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19) From the earliest chapter of the Church, baptism has served as a public act and an embedded expression of our faith in Jesus, and it marks us in our new identity as a child of God. […]
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“So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and
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Interested in learning more about discipleship pathways? Join us for a webinar where Charis Fellowship Executive Director Tim Sprankle will facilitate a discussion among leaders that will highlight key insights from various Charis Fellowship churches and how they disciple their congregations. Anyone interested in developing or refining discipleship pathways is invited! Find out more info
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“We believe radio is an important instrument in bringing people to salvation,” said Daniel Sandoval, executive director of Spanish World Ministries (“El Camino de la Vida” in Spanish), a recently approved cooperating ministry of the Charis Fellowship. Spanish World Ministries has a mission to assist local churches in the Spanish speaking world, to carry out
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“It’s one thing to plant a church. It’s a different level to multiply leaders who can multiply churches.” Clancy Cruise, pastor at Marysville Grace Church in Marysville, Ohio, said this upon receiving the Ed Jackson Church Multiplication Award. Clancy is the second recipient of this award, presented by Assist Church Expansion at their ministry-sponsored meal
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The Charis Fellowship held its annual Charis Conversation business meeting on Thursday, July 31, 2025, on the final day of Charis Fellowship Conference in Lititz, Pennsylvania. A 24-page delegate report was sent to all registered delegates on July 5. Details were reviewed during the Charis Conversation. Voting was then conducted throughout the week following Conference
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When disaster strikes, it turns people’s lives upside down. In a matter of moments, a flood, hurricane, tornado, or manmade crisis can rob someone of everything they’ve worked so hard to build. Lost, lonely, and hopeless, they are searching for help from someone they can trust. Driven by your faith in Christ, you can be
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV) I remember where I was the first time I truly heard and paid attention to this verse. I was in a college gymnasium, surrounded by two thousand other teenagers in southern Mississippi. It
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In early June, 11 Charis churches gathered for the fifth annual Ignite Camp. The camp began in 2021 when four youth pastors came together to create a camp experience for middle school students. The camp has grown from 87 students and four churches to nearly 200 students and 11 churches. “Ignite exists to reach middle
Julia Wood was only 21 years old when the Civil War broke out. Growing up as the eldest daughter of a wealthy landowner in Virginia, she received a classical education and encountered an array of difficult life experiences that God used to craft her into a remarkable woman who loved the Lord, studied the bible,
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