Seven Dangers Facing Your Church By Juan Sanchez

It’s a dangerous time for the church. There’s no denying it. There’s no point burying your head in the sand. Every church is in danger—and that includes yours.

In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, we read about seven churches and the dangers they faced—the very same dangers that we still face today. It’s both a warning that we need to be on our guard and, much more importantly, an encouragement that…

Local Churches Help Christian Campus Groups Stay Strong

(Photo Credit: Ashby Neterer/IRD) Chi Alpha (kai ál-fah) Christian Fellowship, the collegiate missional arm of the Assemblies of God, is staying strong through the summer thanks in part to local churches. With national Chi Alpha reporting only 42 “Church Based” campus groups, there is ample opportunity—in this ministry alone—for local churches to take college ministries under their fostering…

“Personal Jesus”: Adam of Bremen and ‘Private’ Churches in Scandinavia During the Early Conversion Period

“Personal Jesus”: Adam of Bremen and ‘Private’ Churches in Scandinavia During the Early Conversion Period

Dimitri TARAT

Mirabilia 18 (2014/1)

In modern research it is customary to describe the 50s and the 60s of eleventh century as a first phase of the struggle for independence by the local churches in Scandinavia. All of them were officially subordinated to the church of Hamburg-Bremen, even if…

“How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written:…