09Sep 2009 by Nigel Ring

Conference planning

Administration in the Church, Administrative Skills, Biblical Administration, Conference Administration, Equipping, General, Leadership
Every year Newfrontiers hosts a conference at the Brighton Conference Centre, UK, Together on a Mission. The conference has two streams: Christian Leadership and Mobilise. The latter is for Students and Twenties. For parts of the programme these streams are separate and for parts they meet together. This is an international conference which gathers around 4000 people from up to 50 nations, mostly from churches who are in the Newfrontiers ‘family’. Based strongly on teaching from the Bible and with an expectation of the activity of the Holy Spirit the purpose is to impart vision, train people in their leadership skills and provide a context for people to sense any commission from God about their future ministry. The conference includes times of worship and prayer. I chair the Management Team…
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08Sep 2009 by Nigel Ring

The Poor deserve the Best – part 3

Biblical Administration, Christian ministry, Equipping, General, Good Practice, Leadership, Poor
We are looking at the principle of having Key Indicators of good practice when ministering to the Poor. Many of these Indicators would apply to ministry in general but the context for us is one of mercy ministries. The 20 Indicators we are exploring fall into 2 sections. In the first section, Church and Leadership issues, there are 8 Indicators. Having listed these we shall expand on the first two. 1. Apostolic endorsement 2. Local church eldership oversight 3. Hearing God 4. Vision to be clear 5. Gospel impact 6. Kingdom extension to be intentional 7. Individuals changed from poverty to active mission 8. Biblical principles to be clearly applied 1. Apostolically endorsed When writing to the gentile church in Galatia Paul told them of his commission from the apostles…
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