Church Website

Doug Flynn
Do any of you have recommendations for church website designers? If so, could you tell me a little bit about what you know of the designer and his work?

Thanks!

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Heartlight Ministries/Mark Gregston

Susan R
I came across http://www.heartlightministries.org/ Heartlight Ministries the other day, and have been browsing the site. Has anyone here heard of them or used their resources? If so, what did you think of its Biblical accuracy and methodology, and the idea of a Christian boarding school for particularly troubled teens?


Christian Boarding School and Counseling for Troubled Teens

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Dallas Baptist Church Ousted over Gay Deacons

SI Filings
“The vote … against Royal Lane Baptist Church was in keeping with the convention’s stance that homosexual behavior is sinful.”

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Is Accountability Biblical??

pastorwesh

A few week ago, I had a private conversation with someone who is in a teaching role at our church. During this conversation I was made aware that this individual had fallen in the area of pornography. He felt that the Lord was using some medical issues he was having as a way to “get his attention”. As I began to gather some information from him, he stated that he had repented of his sin, and had not fallen again in this area since last November. As I began to speak tohim about the need for him to be accountable with someone about this, he strongly disagreed with me.

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Many Denominations: The Positive Side

Ed Vasicek

“If the Bible is true, why are there so many denominations?” What Christian has not fielded this question? Yet there is an unspoken assumption behind this objection, namely, that having one denomination is somehow a good thing. I suggest that the opposite is true. Bigger is not always better.

“But didn’t the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ, teach that there should be just one denomination? Wouldn’t the church be more effective if we had one central voice?”

When the churches were one

Before we explore these valid concerns, let me prime your mind by asking a few questions of my own. When most of Christendom was part of one denomination, how ideal were things? Before 1054 AD (when the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the old Western Catholic Church), the overwhelming majority of Christendom considered itself Catholic and somewhat loyal to Rome. Both forms of Christianity had wandered far from the simplicity of Scripture centuries before the split. Were Christian laymen mighty in the Scriptures? Was the gospel of salvation by grace through faith spreading throughout the world?

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