“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NIV) Throughout history, the world has gone through several forms of troubles, disasters, wars and...
As I’m writing this, we are facing an unprecedented storm affecting not just our state or our country but the entire world. While this situation and the changes that it has brought upon us may have been unexpected, none of this has been a surprise...
“Our world will never be the same.” I’ve heard that phrase numerous times over the past month. The Coronavirus has changed our perspectives. This virus has identified that we are more vulnerable than what we were aware. It also revealed that we are more adaptive...
2 Minute Read By Liz Defrain, Director of PennDel Women The Women’s Department is seeing fantastic opportunities happen for women throughout our Network. In other Christian circles, there has been a backlash against women in ministry, causing many women to use the hashtag #NOTGOINGHOME, on social media...
2 Minute Read By Josh Shaffer, PennDel Worship Lead I am still reflecting on the powerful teachings and worship moments from our THRIVE conference this past October with Dr. Tennant. There was such a sweet presence and sensitivity to what the Spirit was doing that is hard...
2 Minute Read By Steve Steffle, Head of Royal Rangers When Royal Rangers started in 1962, the vision was to Reach, Teach and Keep Boys for Christ. The vision statement has been updated to become more descriptive. We desire to Evangelize, Equip and Empower the next generation...
2 Minute Read By Lee Rogers, District Youth Director There is a great danger that limits the impact of young youth pastors and leaders; it is both subtle and debilitating. It’s an intoxicating and addicting phenomenon that cuts short the Biblical purpose and scope of ministry for...
2 Minute Read By George Krebs We launched Friends of Bongiorno at the THRIVE Conference this past October. What a tremendous time for our leadership. We experienced powerful worship and tremendous teaching from Carolyn Tennant on the five-fold ministry gifts. We also spent some time vision casting...
2 Minute Read By George Krebs, Director of Christian Education I remember when my parents moved out to the country. The following spring as I began third grade, my parents cultivated a large plot on their one-acre property into a garden; I remember thinking, “This is going...
2 Minute Read By, Tom Rees, Director of Church Planting When we become a leader, we imagine leadership to be like skiing through beautiful slopes of newly fallen snow. Some of us have found the reality to be quite different. The leadership slopes have been more challenging...