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Dr. Alan J. Avera Executive Director

Congrats Riverside Church!

Congrats Riverside Church!

Riverside Church In Prattville, AL worshiped for the first time in their new building April 9

Mobilizing Your Congregation to Fish for Men

Mobilizing Your Congregation to Fish for Men

And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” Mark 1:17 (ESV)

As Jesus called his disciples, he trained them and mobilized them as a group to become fishers of men. How can …

Goals for 2015

Goals for 2015

Builder magazine posted on February 25, 2010 (www.builderonline.com) its list of the 20 healthiest housing markets in the nation. This is food for thought for our presbytery church extension…

Revised Competencies/Factors for Developing an ARP Church

Revised Competencies/Factors for Developing an ARP Church

Builder magazine posted on February 25, 2010 (www.builderonline.com) its list of the 20 healthiest housing markets in the nation. This is food for thought for our presbytery church extension…

20 Metropolitan Areas Likely to Need New Churches

20 Metropolitan Areas Likely to Need New Churches

Builder magazine posted on February 25, 2010 (www.builderonline.com) its list of the 20 healthiest housing markets in the nation. This is food for thought for our presbytery church extension…

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The Grace of Giving

The Apostle Paul, perhaps the greatest church planter of all time, urges the Corinthian Church to excel in the grace of giving (2 Corinthians 8 & 9). Giving is important to the healthy growth of a …

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Why Have a Church Website?

Here are my notes from the Technology and Social Networking track at the January GCA Church Planting Conference in Orlando.  The presenters were:  Tim Brister and Drew Goodmanson.  Tim is a pastor who has developed …