The Word to the World
The New Testament recognises two distinct offices in the local church: elders (also called overseers or pastors) and deacons (see Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1–15). The Scriptures are clear concerning the responsibility of elders: They are to shepherd (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1–4) and are
Scott Harrison is the founder of a non-profit organisation called charity: water, which seeks to provide safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Harrison founded the organisation in 2006 with the commitment that 100% of donations to the charity would go toward water projects,
At our 2018 World Outreach Celebration (missions conference), Tim Keesee reminded us that to follow Christ is costly. Hearing some of the stories of suffering believers from around the world highlighted how little most of us know of the cost of cross-bearing. Mark’s Gospel has
As a church, we have recently spent a lot of Sunday evenings addressing the one another exhortations in the New Testament. Our Sunday morning studies in the Gospel of Mark have further highlighted this need for relational unity in the church. It is clear from