by David Wentz | Dec 27, 2018 | Christian Practice, Church, God's Purpose, Pastoring book chapters, Uncategorized
2This is Chapter 2 of Pastoring: The Nuts and Bolts. Previous chapters have also been published as blog posts here, and I plan to publish the rest one chapter per week. Scripture quotations are from the New Living Translation. The First Purpose of the Church: Be a...
by David Wentz | Dec 20, 2018 | Church, God's Purpose, Pastoring book chapters, Uncategorized
God’s Three-fold Purpose for the Church [This is the second post in what will eventually be the entire text of Pastoring: The Nuts and Bolts.] Most of this book consists of practical advice about how to do the day to day things involved in leading a local church....
by David Wentz | Dec 13, 2018 | Christian Practice, Church, Pastoring book chapters, Uncategorized
This is the introduction to my book, Pastoring: The Nuts and Bolts. God told me, “Freely you have received, freely give.” Each chapter will be posted as a separate blog post. I pray it blesses you! Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker...
by David Wentz | Sep 24, 2018 | Christian Practice, Church, God's Purpose
Don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. – The Bible, James 1:22 I didn’t start out to be a pastor or a writer. I started out to be the engineer in charge of building the first colony on the moon....
by David Wentz | Sep 24, 2018 | Christian Practice, Church, God's Purpose, Uncategorized
“Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?” – The Bible, 1 Corinthians 3:16 If God could live anywhere where would it be? That sounds like a silly question. One of the perks of being God is that he can...
by David Wentz | Sep 10, 2018 | Church
Some years ago I had the opportunity to lead a series of training conferences for pastors and church leaders in Turkey. One of the most moving conversations I had during those two weeks was with four young men in a discipleship training program. Two were Turkish, and...
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