The Church Adapts in the Midst of War

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv When the civil war broke out in El Salvador in 1981, we had no idea that it was the beginning of a long and painful period in our national history. At that time, I had just started pastoring the Elim Church in Santa Ana, El Salvador,...

Ancient Paths and a New Normal

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org John Wesley was a priest in the Church of England who became the leader of a movement that swept 100,000 people into the Kingdom of God and later birthed the Methodist Church.Wesley did not plan to start a new denomination. In...

Adapting and Improving in Times of Crisis

By Joel Comiskey, check out: Living in Victory The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, once said, “There is nothing permanent except change.” Life never stands still. It’s always changing. And that change is taking place very quickly. The apostle James reminds us...

El Covid-19 and the Church’s Ministry

By Dr. Freddy Noble, www.iglesiabautistanyc.org  Our church meets in Manhattan, New York, the epicenter of the Covid-19 virus in the U.S. What do we do when even small group meetings like cells have been banned in New York City and New Jersey? That was the question we...

Leading the Church in Times of Pandemic

By Dr. Freddy Noble, www.iglesiabautistanyc.org  When the first news came from China about this virus now plaguing the world, I thought it was less contagious and less lethal. Furthermore, I believed that the danger zone would remain in China and that it would not...