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10 Ways to Maintain Your Church’s Credibility It can take years for a church to gain high credibility in the local community and with members and attendees. But that credibility can be lost almost instantly with one or a few poor decisions. Here are ten ways to retain the high credibility your church enjoys (more detailed information on these ten points are available in the 2012 editions of the Zondervan Minister’s Tax & Financial Guide and the Zondervan Church and Nonprofit Tax & Financial Guide):
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The Best Camera? My family and I recently traveled to Nashville to visit a dear friend, listen to good music, ride some horses, and visit some sacred religious places (such as Trevecca, Blakemore Church of the Nazarene, and the Parthenon). Making memories together and capturing them for later sharing is something we value highly. When we get to fussing at each other, these memories provide perspective and remind us who we are. I have found this to be true in my church family as well.
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Landing Words “Things are going fine,” the young pastor told me. “But it will take them a while to get used to my preaching.” “Yes,” I affirmed. “And it will take your preaching a while to get used to them.” Like many pastors, I was taught to exegete scripture. I was given tools to better understand the text, so that I might more faithfully preach and teach the Word. Solid biblical exegesis is necessary for faithful local church ministry. I have come to find congregational exegesis is just as vital.
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Nazarene Mythology Religious groups generate their own folklore and Nazarenes are no exception. Social historians generally appreciate such legends because they yield insights into a group’s shared experiences. A particular folklore can fall anywhere on the “true or false” spectrum. Some are largely true, others begin factually but veer off into fiction, and some are completely false. Legends always serve a social purpose. They may simply entertain, or they may function to justify behaviors or attitudes.
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Long Distance Solutions I have a plaque in my office with a quote from John Galsworthy. I’ve had it for a long time. Galsworthy was an English writer of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932, the year before his death.The plaque’s inscription is proving to be timeless. It simply reads, “Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.”
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