Background Checks

Is your ministry or outreach organization doing what it should be doing to protect the vulnerable people you serve? There is what is required in order to not be considered negligent under the liability insurance policy terms and then there is what is ethically and morally the right thing to Read more…

Two more entries on Unity

First, thank you to Pastor Matt at Brandywine Community Church for yesterday’s teaching on taking a risk to initiate new relationships from John 4 (Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well). First, we need to move out of our comfortable pew in order to meet people in need Read more…

What Is Poverty?

We had the pleasure of hearing from Brian Fikkert, co-author of When Helping Hurts this wee at gathering. His topic was reaching out. He challenged us to really think about how we”diagnose” poverty.  What we envision as the solution is wrapped up in our diagnosis.  If we see poverty coming form Read more…

Transforming from Inside Out

Opening Plenary Session by Brian Tweedy Transformation: Inside Out for the Glory of God God’s Prescription for Growth-Four Necessary Elements Repentance Understanding and Insight Discipline Other People Great Gathering so far.  More later.