Personal Ministries

What’s up with Ingathering?

What’s up with Ingathering?

In recent years you’ve probably noticed that the packet of Hope for Humanity ingathering resources that local churches usually receive has been missing. What’s up with that?  The fact of the matter is that the person who oversaw the North American Division’s...

A Short Quiz

A Short Quiz

What do the Hillsdale, Tecumseh, Farmington, Detroit Oakwood, Grand Rapids, Owosso, Belgreen, Houghton, Ann Arbor, Cadillac, Warren, Kalamazoo, South Flint, Saint Johns, Alma, Mt Pleasant, Jackson, Wyoming, Riverside, Big Rapids, Gobles, Otter Lake, Saginaw,...

A Vital Missing Ministry

A Vital Missing Ministry

Many churches are missing a vital element in their work that can literally make or break their evangelism success. All the wonderful outreach activities a church conducts may be highly organized, strongly supported, and even well attended, yet still fall short of...

BSO Update September 7, 2022

BSO Update September 7, 2022

The re-launch of BibleStudyOffer.com is just around the corner! The majority of the print materials are completed (as reported in the last newsletter), and the final refinements are being made to the website. We are meeting this coming week to discuss more efficient...

Back to School Bible Labs Ideas

Back to School Bible Labs Ideas

Going back-to-school can bring happy thoughts of brand-new pencils, fresh crisp notebooks, three-ring binders, new pens, never-used crayons with perfect tips, markers that all work without a dry or lost one in the bunch, and a nice new lunch box ready for all the...

BSO Update

BSO Update

In our last edition of the MICHionary, we were looking forward to the July 23 re-launch of BibleStudyOffer.com. However, as the anticipated date approached, a few significant hang-ups still needed to be resolved so we had to postpone the launch until those issues...

15 Things You Can Do NOW for Successful Public Evangelism This Fall

15 Things You Can Do NOW for Successful Public Evangelism This Fall

The best interests at an evangelistic meeting are friends and family of the members, those people who are personally invited. So, now is the time to build relationships with people so that when you invite them to the meetings, they will be happy to come. Here’s a (not...

We are still GROWing Michigan

We are still GROWing Michigan

In the last couple of years, we have been living in interesting times and have seen rapid changes within our society. As a result of these evident challenges, I have been approached often by people asking, “Has our church’s evangelistic labor become something of the...

Adventist Community Services & the GROW Cycle

Adventist Community Services & the GROW Cycle

This year Adventist Community Services is celebrating 50 years of ministry with a convention in Dallas, Texas. We all know that ACS has been around for longer than this, and we can even trace it back to Bible times with Dorcas, whom Peter rose from the dead. Lovingly,...

Free Indeed!  –  John 8:36

Free Indeed! – John 8:36

What do a hardened gang leader, a defiant runaway, a backslidden, bitter Christian, a depressed alcoholic, and a discouraged junk-food junkie have in common? They all have a story—and they’re all living...

What you missed! Testimonies from PM Weekend

What you missed! Testimonies from PM Weekend

I went to both weekends! What a blessing it was to spend time with like-minded people and to hear of ideas on how to make Sabbath school more enjoyable! Finding out that Sabbath school was first developed as an opportunity to reach out to our neighbors and friends so...

The Birth of a Blog…

The Birth of a Blog…

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