Resources
Deacons Can Lead the Way in Holistic Ministry
Social Enterprises and Business as Mission initiatives can provide a new way for deacons and churches to live out the gospel every day.
Read MoreRecruiting Office-Bearers in Challenging Times
Recruiting office-bearers can be a real challenge, especially when cultural shifts and ministry demands increase. Help has arrived!
Read MoreWhen a Church Comes Knocking
Diaconal Ministries Canada offers dozens of resources to help deacons live out their mandate and calling. But sometimes we wonder, do deacons and churches in Canada even know what we have to offer them?! And then along comes a church that asks for it all!
Read MoreOnboarding New Deacons
A recent “Deacon Chair Conversation” with six Classis tackled the following question:
“It takes new deacons a year to get up and running, and before you know it, we lose them when their term finishes a couple years later. What can we do to onboard them better?”
Online Course Redefines Stewardship
A brand new, self-guided, online stewardship course is now available to deacons and churches.
Read MoreOnline Stewardship Course Going Live January 2023
Deacons are to encourage their congregations to live stewardly. More practically, to ask the question: “How can my whole life show that Jesus is my Lord?” It’s no secret that deacons often struggle with carrying out this part of their mandate. Help is now here!
Read MoreBrampton Church Discovers New Ways to Steward Creation
Crosspoint Church found creative ways to equip and encourage their congregation to live stewardly by embarking on a variety of creation care activities!
Read MoreKitchener Church Serves Up Hope Through Community Meals
Community CRC in Kitchener has had the pleasure of being involved with serving meals at their city’s Ray of Hope Centre.
Read MoreOvercoming Spiritual Roadblocks; Devotion #11 – Eyes On Jesus
We fix our eyes upon Jesus because he is the author and the finisher of our faith. Jesus is our Redeemer, Saviour and Lord. As our attention is focused upon him, he will give us the guidance and direction we need to run the race well, and he sends the Holy Spirit to empower us to do what he calls us to do.
Read MoreOvercoming Spiritual Roadblocks; Devotion #10 – The Enemy’s Camouflage
The apostle Paul often found himself contending with the enemy throughout his ministry. The devil established strongholds, which are human systems compromised by the enemy. These strongholds attempted to hinder Paul from preaching about Jesus. They blocked Paul’s efforts and even tried to take his life. God empowered Paul to see beyond the physical reality of the human systems to the spiritual forces at work, as it were, behind the scenes.
While Paul was able to discern what was happening, most of the people around him were unaware. The enemy blinded them, so they could not see the truth of what was happening or what the enemy was planning. It was as if the enemy had…
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