The years 2011 and 2012 have borne witness to remarkable testimonies of Christians coming from obscurity, or impossible circumstances, to squeak out miraculous victories against seemingly insurmountable odds.
From its early inception by a group of children’s pastors in 1995 with the first conference, the FOCUS Children’s Ministries Conference has continue to provide quality training, inspiration and mentoring for local church children’s ministries leaders and workers.
The Mt. Soledad Veterans’ Memorial cross in San Diego remains under fire—but the battle is far from over.
I’ve been to more networking meetings than I can count. Sometimes I leave discouraged over what I see and hear: leaders with their own agendas whose lives don’t match the New Testament because they tolerate compromise. But a week ago my reaction at Converge21 in Virginia Beach, Va., was opposite. Instead, there were leaders who see the problems in the church and who are committed to getting the church back on track. Several hundred even signed a resolution articulating this commitment.
