Tennessee Church Joins With Area Churches in Outreach

A network of churches and community partners in Maryville, Tennessee, has worked together on Isaiah 58 for the past six years, a food distribution project initially started by RIO (Restoration International Outreach) Central in Maryville.

Endorsement Shows Religion’s Ongoing Influence

As voters in Iowa prepare for next week’s first-in-the-nation caucuses for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, pastors and other high-profile religious leaders are shaping the contests.

Where Are Larger Churches Getting Their Next Leaders?

Seventy four percent of large churches offer formal internships or residencies for promising lay leaders or pastors-in-training, according to Leadership Network. A recent national study of church internships and residencies, perhaps the largest ever, looks inside the leader training process of more than 300 churches and summarizes the findings in a just-released, richly illustrated report, “Leaders in Training: Internships and Residencies Help Churches Shape Future Leaders,” sponsored by Southeastern University (SEU.edu). The project was overseen and authored by Warren Bird, Ph.D., director of research for Leadership Network.

Why Some Pastors Leave Their Post to Continue Ministry

“Looking for churches w/ effective (older) pastors, moving out of sr pastor role, into some broader role, but staying on staff. Any examples?”

International Executive Council Completes January Session

Cleveland, TN—The International Executive Council (IEC) of the Church of God has completed their regularly-scheduled January session at the Leadership and Communications Center at International headquarters.

Publications to Continue to Offer Popular Lessons

Christian Standard Media, formerly Standard Publishing, has signed an agreement with the Committee on the Uniform Series (CUS) to extend their historic relationship in support of International Sunday School Lessons (ISSL) through their popular magazines.

The Lookout weekly magazine continues to feature verse-by-verse commentary on each Lesson in the series for the coming Sunday, along with Daily Bible Readings. A devotional, topical article offers practical help for Christian living based on these Daily Bible Readings, which correlate with each lesson. A like treatment also appears on the websites of Christian Standard Media’s magazines, ChristianStandard.com and LookoutMag.com, and receives well over 2 million views per year.

“We’re excited to extend our agreement with CUS so that millions more can join the wave of those who turn to our magazines for insight and inspiration based upon the Uniform Series Lessons. Our continued partnership amplifies our mission of promoting both biblical understanding and deepening relationships with Jesus Christ,” said Peter M. Esposito, CEO, Christian Standard Media.

The Uniform Series is a 6-year plan for reading and studying the Bible that takes at least 1 lesson or Bible reading from each book of the Bible over a 6-year span. Through this study sequence, followers of the series are led through every part of the Bible. Due in part to the strong support given by the National Council of Churches, the Uniform Series remains the standard across the nation’s major Christian denominations. Christian Standard Media has been publishing resources based on this outline for more than 13 decades.

“We’re pleased to continue to passionately serve church communities and Christ followers with our tried and true approach to Bible study through our magazine websites and the pages of The Lookout magazine,” said Mark Taylor, Editor of Christian Standard magazine and Publisher of both Christian Standard and The Lookout magazines.

The founder and first editor of Christian Standard magazine, Isaac Errett, was himself named to the ISSL committee at the Fourth International Convention in Louisville in 1884. Today, the long-acclaimed Christian Standard magazine—also available as a mobile app—along with The Lookout magazine, the growing Christian’s weekly resource, continue to offer their popular treatment of the ISSL to tens of thousands of readers each week at each of their two sites: christianstandard.com/category/sunday-school-lesson and
www.lookoutmag.com/category/biblestudytools/sundayschool. Both magazines are available as individual, church (bulk), or digital subscriptions.

Christian Standard Media LLC is committed to continuing the nearly 150-year tradition as a Christian mission-driven leader in true-to-the Bible resources that educate, encourage, and enrich adults, youth, and children.

(Source: Christian Newswire)

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