Top 10 Financial Mistakes Churches Make (and How to Fix Them)
A 90-minute webinar presented by Eric Heinekamp Recorded March 24, 2015 Click here to purchase the on-demand replay – $29.95 (1-6 participants) Click here to..
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Terror attack at Paris magazine known for controversial Muslim sketches leaves 12 dead
(RNS) At least 12 were killed and 10 wounded in Paris on Wednesday (Jan. 7) in an apparent terror attack on the..
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Called to older adult ministry
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Want to see Pope Francis’ vision for the church? Look at his new cardinals
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Touchdowns for Jesus
by Marcia Mount Shoop Cascade Books, Eugene Ore. 132 pages Reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith This fall I joined a..
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Racial ethnic, new immigrant seminarians gather to explore changing landscape of ministry
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Show me your newsletter and I will show you your faith
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The new and the young meet the old and the old
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January 5, 2015: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook's January 5, 2015 digital issue is viewable on almost all computers, tablets and smartphones. Click here..
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