Saving the Life
When is a church basement not a church basement?
When it has been converted into a daily homeless shelter for more than 40 people many nights of th...
Showing the Way
By Wayne Sollows
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Pembroke
The threefold nature of the call to military chaplains—minister to their own, facilitate...
Living the Truth
By Dana Barber
Member Care Specialist, CBOQ
Sitting in the back row of seats in a sanctuary full of chattering, laughing people, I was blessed to ...
Filling the Need
Getting kids to come to your church isn’t rocket science (though building a couple of rockets might help). It doesn’t have to be expensive or complica...
Literal Food
by Erinn Oxford
Pastor, The Dale Ministries
It’s Monday morning at The Dale. A few people are busy setting up tables, two pushed together, surroun...
Sharing the Bread of Life
“Jesus started out at a wedding feast. He sat with the disciples at the Last Supper. After the resurrection they didn’t recognize him until he broke b...
Caring for Ministry Spouses
Very early in my vocational pastoral ministry, I was invited to connect with our local ministerials. There were two of them. One was Baptist. Being in...
Integrating Generations
Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus said, “Let...
Renovation of the Heart
I highly recommend Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ. Many of Willard’s books are incredibly helpful but di...
It Doesn’t Seem Real
May 6 to 12th is Mental Health Awareness week. CBOQ’s Mental Health Working Group wants to recognize this week by acknowledging the powerful role chur...
