This product is no longer available for 2023. 25 Watercolor Advent Cards To help you meditate on scripture as your approach Christmas For you, family & friends Enjoy beautiful watercolor art displayed on a wooden easel (included) to focus your heart and mind on Christ this Christmas. Use this Advent set, a new card for […]
Pastor Appreciation – October Honor your pastor in the month of October For some time now, October has been set aside as Pastor Appreciation Month, a month to celebrate and thank our pastors for all of their selfless service to our churches. Each year, churches across the denomination show appreciation for their pastors in a […]
Three Things Every Pastor Should Focus On in the First Year Blog post by Justin Nash Pastors and churches often began their relationships with great expectations and zeal for positive change. This can manifest itself in all sorts of ways – new programs, new worship styles, new outreach efforts, increased emphasis on evangelism and discipleship, […]
Word-Centered Worship Blog post by Justin Nash What goes into planning your corporate worship service? What do you do in the service and why do you do it? What informs and shapes your times of worshiping the Lord together? We want to be very careful how we answer these questions because how we worship the […]
To Revitalize You Church, Recalibrate Your Heart Blog post by Justin Nash Why are so many churches declining and dying in America today? The reasons are myriad, but maybe, all the reasons can be boiled down to one root cause – we don’t love the Lord like we should. I know this seems a bit […]
You Cannot Revitalize Your Church Blog post by Justin Nash At times, church revitalization can be hard and discouraging work. There is no one size-fits-all approach or silver bullet solution for revitalizing. There are endless books to read, conferences to attend and systems to be implemented. Some are very helpful, others, not so much. Instead […]
The Secret to Revitalization (And It Ain’t Flashy) Blog post by Justin Nash “Preach – Pray – Love – Stay” I’m not sure the first time I heard that phrase, but after graduate studies, a lot of reading, talking to many pastors and attending much training, I have come to believe that this is the […]
It’s That Time of Year Again! Executive Director Steve Lawson Can you believe it? It’s time again to fill out annual reports for conferences, churches, pastors and other groups. This past week, we sent out a packet of forms to conference clerks to share with their churches and pastors for the year 2021. Please remember […]
Rev. Bob Story Receives Divine Servant Medallion One of my honors as Executive Director is to present the Divine Servant Medallions to our pastors who have served as ordained ministers for 50 years. This past Sunday, I traveled to Advent Christian Village to present Rev. Robert (Bob) Story his medallion during the morning worship service. […]
Christmas in October 2020 Gifts of appreciation to our active and retired missionaries Christmas in October is an important part of Advent Christian International Missions each year. CIO allows us to send gifts of appreciation to our active and retired missionaries. The fact that so many people from our churches combine their gifts to provide […]