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Tell the Story

Tell the Story

I watched in agony as my beloved Cowboys got shredded like a document at an Enron accounting party.As usual, I was intrigued by the background information that the announcers provided. Story after story. Neat insights. Quips. Humor. All of it added to the game, even though the outcome was to my disliking. But it serves [...]

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Church Marketing 2010

Church Marketing 2010

So if you follow this blog at all, you most likely have a passion to reach the unchurched, whether in person, through your website, marketing or social media.  We at faithHighway are huge fans of the folks over at the Center for Church Communication, as they constantly pump out invaluable marketing and branding information for [...]

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Live from Catalyst!

Live from Catalyst!

We are excited to be amongst the 12,000 pastors and ministry leaders here at Catalyst in Atlanta, GA.  I am blown away because faithHighway has worked alongside nearly 14,000 churches over the past 15 years, and this event helps me see just how many people that equates to. Water balloons, amazing live music and people in [...]

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A visitor’s perspective…

A visitor’s perspective…

While visiting a friend last weekend, we visited a church that neither one of us had been to. I haven’t visited a new church in a couple of years, so it was a little bit out of my comfort zone. I went in very skeptical and was analyzing everything – something I do when I’m [...]

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Rick Warren joins twitter

Rick Warren joins twitter

Rick Warren wants you to follow him on Twitter In a recent email update from Rick Warren, he stated that he has started using Twitter, after being skeptical about it at first. Rather than just sending updates about what he’s “doing,” to his 21,000 plus followers, he uses Twitter as a tool to encourage leaders and [...]

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Reasons and Requirements for the Spirit-filled Life

Reasons and Requirements for the Spirit-filled Life

Thank for joining us over the past few months as we looked in depth at Dr. James O. Davis’ article “Turning Eyes to Ears.” Join us for the conclusion for that article. REASONS FOR THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE (EPH 5:16) Obedience “Be filled with the Holy Spirit.” If you are not filled with the Holy Spirit, you are disobeying [...]

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Do You Need to Row ?

Do You Need to Row ?

One of the most overlooked leadership stories in the Bible is perhaps when Jesus was asleep in the boat. The mission was to get from one side of the lake to the other. He got a boat and he got some disciples. He told them to get them to the other side. And what did [...]

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Twitter and the Church

Twitter and the Church

Social networks and blogs are quickly making way over personal emailing as a way of communication. According to research completed by The Neilsen Company, 67 percent of the global online population are using social networking sites like Facebook and micro blogging sites like Twitter to stay connected to their “community.” With the somewhat new trend of [...]

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The Welt

The Welt

I was playing paintball a few years ago. There was a shed that we were supposed to protect. I was hiding behind the door as someone on the other team came through. I told him to surrender or get painted. He turned, put his hands in the air. Looking at his eyes, I knew there [...]

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The Intersection: Larry Shaw from Life Springs Worship Center; Lexington, SC

The Intersection: Larry Shaw from Life Springs Worship Center; Lexington, SC

1. Can you give me some background about the church and how long have you been there ? Life Springs Worship Center was planted by the West Columbia Pentecostal Holiness Church in December 2001; so we’ve been here for 7 ½ years.  We are part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) based in Oklahoma City, [...]

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