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Well Done…Enter the Joy of the Lord: A Tribute on the Passing of Paul Byrd

I recently said “good-bye” to my dad until I see him again in glory. Now another formative figure in my life has entered heaven’s gates. I first met Mr. Byrd after my family moved to West Virginia from Alexandria, Virginia. My family was attending a Presbyterian church about an hour from our home, which made […]

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Does Your Church Need to Be Revitalized?

Based on numerous studies and statistics, one could conclude that the AmericanEvangelical church is in decline. The reasons for this are open to interpretation, but an application of this decline is the need for revitalization. Churches are struggling, sometimes because of rapidly changing communities and sometimes because they themselves are stuck in certain practices and

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Loving Our Neighbors and Making Disciples: A Philosophy of Church-Community Engagement

Churches are constantly trying to come up with new and biblically faithful ways to engage their communities with the gospel. And let’s be honest, some ideas have been much better than others (I once attended a church magic show where the big draw was that the magician was going to turn the pastor into a

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