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deacons, elders, leadership, nominations, training
Check out this week’s enews for an update on the officer nomination process ongoing in 2011. The three men remaining on this demanding journey will meet with representatives of our leadership this Saturday morning for a debrief from their near two month self-study process of officer training. Here are the kinds of questions we will [...]
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church planting, leadership, staff
As I announced on Sunday morning to our congregation, effective July 1, Greg Willson assumed a full-time pastoral staff position with the title of Church Planting Pastor. Recently God favored us with keeping Greg and Christina around for another year before they answer the call to help with a church plant in Columbia, South Carolina. [...]
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elder qualifications, elders, leadership, plurality of elders
As we close in soon on evaluation of possible elder candidates, we would do well to hear this counsel from IX Marks. 9-Leadership from 9Marks on Vimeo.
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accountability, judgment, leadership, shepherding
Some passages of Scripture terrify (or at least they should) believers across the board. For example, Matthew 12:36 warns, On the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak. If that doesn’t flat out scare you given the difficulties attached to taming the tongue (see James 3), I don’t know [...]
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blessings, church membership, community
With permission I post these reflections of one of our recently installed new members at OGC, Connie Wilder. Are you ever amazed at the promises of God when they come to fruition? Don’t you just want to do the V-8 smack on the head and shout “Wow, I could have had these blessings all along!”? [...]
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church membership
This Sunday, Lord willing, we will receive seventeen new members into the body at Orlando Grace. Thanks be to God! What better time to review ten reasons why church membership is biblical and necessary. First, God keeps lists and the New Testament church did as well. God has a book. It’s called the book of [...]
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