I knew what God was calling me to, but I didn’t know where to start. Being a woman in full-time ministry was a foreign concept to me, and yet I found myself desiring to make this a reality. There were women in my local church, and in my community, who had been reaching out to […]
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In Celebration of Threefold Communion Proper understanding of the significance of a celebration is necessary to fully appreciate it. So it is with Communion. Without knowing the historical context of why we do it, the spiritual significance for our lives now, or the implications for the church, our practice of Communion would lack some of
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Theological vision is the goal of the Charis Symposium. In his 1993 book The Fabric of Theology, Richard Lints describes theological vision as the effort “to capture the entire counsel of God as revealed in the Scriptures and to communicate it in a conceptuality that is native to the theologian’s own age.” Such a theological
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In September 2024 Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and continued to move inland. By the time it reached the mountains of western North Carolina, it had weakened to a tropical storm. It hovered over the region, dropping record-breaking amounts of rain. This caused flooded rivers and devastating mudslides, affecting thousands of people who were
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At Charis Fellowship Conference this summer, we’ll look at discipleship from different angles: one-on-one relationships, church culture, intentional outreach, and disciple making in the home. Join us as we explore what it means to be ALL IN. Charis Fellowship Conference is a three-day gathering of pastors, ministry leaders, and committed church members for the purpose of studying the Bible,
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I know that there are those who have far exceeded my brief 45 years of full-time ministry. But God has graciously allowed me to serve in three locations…the last being 34 years in Meyersdale, Pa. I’ve learned that longevity in any ministry is not due to the ability of the servant, but the grace and
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Being a pastor’s wife is a unique calling. It is a role of both immense joy and immense weight. Ministry, vocation, and family often blend together as you serve side by side, opening your lives to those God has called you to shepherd. What makes the role of a pastor’s wife unique is that no
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On January 7, a series of wildfires broke out across Southern California in the Los Angeles area. NBC News reported the two biggest fires, Palisades and Eaton, burned a combined total of over 37,000 acres before being nearly contained as of Thursday, January 30. In addition to thousands of businesses lost, entire neighborhoods and communities
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You don’t need me to quote statistics to know Christian young people are fleeing the church at an alarming rate. But not only the local church…they are walking away from their faith altogether. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, humor me and read this next part carefully. According to a pre-COVID study,
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At the end of October, a group from Eagle River Grace in Anchorage, Alaska, traveled to Florida to assist with hurricane response. Roger Nelsen, Ryan Mahoney, and Greyson Culbert spent several days serving alongside Charis Disaster Response and On Mission Network in St. Petersburg, Fla. Roger, whose family has been actively involved in various ministry
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