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An article in Chinese about the Ten Core Convictions
Seventh worship service in a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Third worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Sixth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Second worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Fifth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
Fourth worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
First worship service in a collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession
A collection of building blocks for a series of worship services based on key themes from the Belhar Confession.
Because life is a sheer gift from God, one we never deserved. The appropriate response, therefore, is to do two things: to take delight in the gift, to revel in and to savor it; and then, in response to bless the Giver with lavish thanks.
Tom Swieringa co-leads Wyoming Kingdom Enterprise Zone, a church multiplication initiative by Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in Wyoming, Michigan. He has pastored and planted churches in Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. In this edited conversation, he talks about cooperating with God in intercessory prayer, during worship and beyond.
Here is the uncomfortable truth about becoming a congregation that loves your neighbors as you love yourselves: You have to go out and meet them.
