21st Pentecostal World Conference
Coming from over 70 nations, 45,000 Pentecostal and charismatic believers recently gathered at the Bethany Indonesia Church in Surabaya, Indonesia for the 21st Pentecostal World Conference.
Coming from over 70 nations, 45,000 Pentecostal and charismatic believers recently gathered at the Bethany Indonesia Church in Surabaya, Indonesia for the 21st Pentecostal World Conference.
Southern Gospel music takes center stage – on seven stages – as Silver Dollar City dedicates an entire festival to glorious gospel music and great harmonies in its “Southern Gospel Picnic.”
Today the NRB Network announced a partnership with Silent Blessings Ministries, of Indianapolis, Indiana, Deaf Video Communications in Chicago and Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The groups will bring “Dr. Wonder’s Workshop” to over 16 million viewers Saturday’s at 8:00am (ET) on the NRB Network.
This year at the U.S. Assembly of God (AG) annual youth conference “Indy07?Experience the Dream,” more than 7,000 young people answered the call to become missionaries on their middle and high school campuses.
For churches, attracting and retaining people has always been more of an art , rather than a science; but these days churches are using the power of the internet to provide them with feedback about their ministerial services; thanks to an Arlington, Texas based company called MyChurchSurvey.com.
“American church growth is steadily declining” reported Outreach Magazine in its May/June 2006 issue. Coupled with the fact that mid- size churches (memberships of 100-299) continue to lag behind population growth make for a bleak evangelistic future, says author and worship pastor, Gary Wright.