Thursday, October 28, 2010

Our Field of Ministry: Demographics of Christ Covenant's Target Area

In June of 2009, Christ Covenant commissioned a demographic study of our target area by the Percept Group - a demographic study organization specializing in information for Christian ministries.


Percept prepared a report focused on the people living in a 5-mile radius of Salem Elementary School - 4501 Jackson Rd. - where we meet on Sunday mornings for worship.  It is a large report, full of numbers, graphs and comparisons.  Lots of interesting things to think about and ponder.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Bearing Fruit or Doing Better? The Gospel of Grace and Christian Maturity

What does Christian Maturity (theologically speaking: the process of sanctification) look like in the real world?  What should people around us see happening in our life over time as we grow in Christ-likeness?  I've been learning that the Gospel of Grace has a surprising answer to questions of this sort.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

They Did Not Really Belong To Us . . .

Whatever the Supreme Court might decide to do with him, I think the Apostle John would consider Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church to be an anti-christ.  Not the big Anti-christ, mind you, but an antichrist all the same.  I say that knowing that the Apostle John knew Jesus first hand.
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