A fruit that lasts is a book that unlocks how to develop a fruit that lasts in your youth ministry as you get involved in discipleship. Tim Hawkins, who is the author of the book, gives a biblical standard for running a fruitful ministry. He challenges youth leaders who are caught up in the pressures of running a ‘successful’ ministry by including cheap substitutes for quality fruits. Through the book,…
Read MoreApprentice story: Jane Irungu
I am Jane Irungu, born again by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus. His death at the cross was a substitutional sacrifice that he took my sins and he gave me His righteousness that makes me right with God. I rejoice in the salvation He has given me. I serve at Gracepoint Church Waiyaki-way, in the Sunday school ministry. It has been a joy to learn as…
Read MoreBook Review: One To One-A Discipleship Hand Book By Sophie Peace.
Sophie Peace served at St Helen’s Bishopsgate in London, especially in the ministry of one-to-one with female students within the church. Jesus commanded his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. You and I have in one way or another benefited from the ministry of someone else in our journey of knowing God. Sophie in her book unpacks, in a simplified way the practical and spiritual benefits of…
Read MoreMy story-as shared by a Gospel worker in the islands
My Story Are you there and wondering what it looks like to work in a different culture or country? What experience one can expect? In addition, if you are a follower of Jesus, how to pray and support such kind of people? I have a short story to share about my own experience. To begin with, I believe in Jesus Christ who has saved me and made me his own…
Read MoreThe Object of their Love is Gospel!
ospel believers, Christ-exalting individuals as many as they are, diverse and with different personalities, from different social distinctions, have a call to witness to their generation, to offer themselves as instruments of grace to salt the tasteless and lost world. They are to be concerned every day with how they are carrying out the great commission. When serving those God-given opportunities – their daily work, what is their attitude?
Read MoreBiblical Mentorship
Mentorship is a relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field. The more senior individual is the mentor, and the more junior individual is the mentee. The mentor benefits because they are able to lead the future generation in an area they care about and ensure that…
Read MoreSports Evangelism
Ministry revolves around people; I dare say that there is no ministry if there are no people. The call to make Disciples of Christ is ever great. But then what is Evangelism? Evangelism is defined as the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness. It’s zealous advocacy of the gospel of Christ either to a group or to a one-to-one setup. Many people have undertaken different…
Read MoreThe stops of life: A reflection on transitions
“For everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven,” says the preacher in Ecclesiastes 3. There is no other time that I have thought about transitions as I have recently. Having experienced some majors within a short period of time, I believe God has used these moments to teach me a lot. I do hope that you too can benefit from what God has been…
Read MoreWHAT IS MAN’S GREATEST PROBLEM?
What is Man’s greatest problem if one could ask? Or we could put it this way, what is my greatest problem? I know you have got several responses to this. The truth is we all have problems, not just a problem. More than what we already know or think is our problem, we have the greatest problem. Every man’s problem is sin and above all God is angry. Sin is…
Read MoreGod’s Big Picture (Book Review)
As the title of the book suggests, Vaughan Roberts tries to help us understand the one big idea of the Bible. He wrote the book with the aim of ‘providing all Christians, from the new convert to the mature believer, with an overview of the whole Bible that would help them see how the different parts fit together.’ The writer uses the kingdom perspective to help us understand the storyline…
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