D. Kevin Brown maintains that youth ministry today isn’t working. He’s taking his information largely from the Southern Baptist Convention, but I see little difference in the success in the United Methodist Church. He’s written a book, and Energion published it: Rite of Passage for the Home and Church. He’s calling on us all to…
Energion author Kevin Brown is in Ethiopia right now with a ministry team. Our prayers go with him and with each of the team members as they travel, teach, work, and love. We also are delighted that two of Kevin’s daughters are team members. Kevin lives Psalm 78:4-7. You can find out more about the…
Will You Join the Cause of Global Missions? by David Alan Black will be released in January, 2012. The press release is embedded below the fold.
D. Kevin Brown, author of forthcoming Energion title Rite of Passage, asks about our priorities in church spending and action: Last year in the association in which the church I pastor is a member, there was reported 200 people baptized with total receipts of almost $8 million. Do you know what that tells me? That…
Friday night was an evening of art at Northstar Church in Panama City, FL. It was at this annual event that Lee Baker chose to debut his book, noise flash, a collection of poetry about people, places, and things. Surrounded by friends, family, and new acquaintances, Lee signed books and greeted all who came to…
In my video Why Energion? I draw a triangle on the white board to illustrate the boundaries of our publishing mission here at Energion Publications. I labeled the points of that triangle “Evangelical,” “Liberal,” and “Charismatic.” Now there are many ways one could divide Christianity into streams, but those three represented groups I was, and…
Yesterday I discussed the importance of a focus on mission. I have noticed that in healthy churches I can ask just about any member what the mission of that congregation is and they’re able to tell me. They are all on board with one purpose. When the members aren’t sure, you can be confident that…
Since my company publishes materials that are designed to be used as church curriculum, you might expect me to take a rather direct approach. What is the need? Which of our materials will fulfill that need? But what I’ve found in observing the education programs in various churches is that there’s often a problem much…
World Prayr, a ministry with which Energion Publications maintains a connection, will be working with EvanTell to present a Webinar on evangelism on August 16. For full information, see the World Prayr Blog.
Pastor Patrick Badstibner is founder of World Prayr (on Twitter). Pat has been providing us with a monthly blog post, but I’m pleased to be able to present this blog post, the second in a series of four weekly posts by Pat, to our Energion Publications family. Check the World Prayr organization and the World…
