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Hope Community Church and Pastor Jim Bohrer (Tour Host) have partnered with Biblical Israel Ministry and Tours (BIMT) to offer you an opportunity to visit The Holy Land, January 17-30, 2022! Our prayer is that you will be able to join us on this inspiring, educational and life-transforming tour in Israel. During this 14-day trip, […]

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It’s SPRINGTIME! Time to start making your plans, filling out registration forms for camp, volunteering as a Summer Missionary (Sumo), stepping out as a leader for your group and working with the SCBI team to make this camp season the best ever! This summer season promises to be an exciting, fulfilling season. We are excited […]

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On September 23, 1857, six people gathered to pray because of what they perceived as a spiritual decline in America.  The prayer meeting was organized by Jeremiah Lanphier, a business owner. Historians say this noon prayer gathering on Fulton Street in New York was the beginning of a movement of Prayer that swept the nation […]

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Greetings, one and all, from Highland Lakes—Your Camp and Conference Center! Last summer at Highland Lakes was…lonely. We missed all the excitement of students, counselors and pastors from across the state coming and experiencing ways to Discover, Develop and Deploy a Transformed Life in Christ; but…last year is BEHIND US, and we LOOK FORWARD to […]

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We all have seen the reports. The American Evangelical Church is in decline. Aubrey Malphurs reports that 80-85% of churches are plateaued or declining. Tom Rainer suggests the number is 84%. Here in Indiana, we did an informal survey of about half of our Associations and they have indicated that 75% of their churches were […]

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When will we get back to normal? Children’s ministers, whether paid or volunteer, have spent many hours praying that they would be able to have VBS, that they would have enough volunteers to have children’s small groups or AWANA, wondering if the kids would even show up if they had the volunteers. Why do we pray so fervently for normalcy? Because we want kids to hear that Jesus loves them and will always be there for them. We want to see the look on a child’s face when they understand salvation for the first time and believe that Jesus is a friend that will never leave them. We want to be a part of kids making decisions at VBS and Camp, see them baptized and choose to follow Christ.

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For many people 2021 is going to be a tough year. If you liked the way the 2020 presidential election turned out your year might not be quite so tough, but it will still be a tough year to some degree. If you did not like the way the presidential election turned out, 2021 could be a very difficult year. President-elect Biden has even said we are headed into darker days ahead. That is reassuring is it not?

So, what can we do? What can all of us do to make 2021 our best year possible? Be in right standing with God. This includes getting in right standing, remaining in right standing and returning to right standing when we veer off the path and fall out of fellowship. What is included in being in right standing with God?

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If we thought that after the November Elections we would return to normal – we were wrong. If we thought the arrival of a new year was going to miraculously alter our circumstances and return us to normal – we were wrong.

I think it is time we begin to consider that waiting for normal is like waiting for a ship that has already sailed. Perhaps we need to accept, we are living in the “normal” right now.

So if the “Normal” looks like what we have then what do we have?

The church I serve as an Interim Pastor has about 50% of the people attending than they did PC (Pre Covid-19). Giving has remained strong. Does that sound familiar? Most reports I have received from pastors say the same.

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As I prepare this article, we are coming to the end of Pastor Appreciation Month and heading into the month of Thanksgiving. This a great time to consider some thoughts on intercessory prayer. In 1 Cor. 16:9, the Apostle Paul wrote, “a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” […]

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In the past few months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several decisions that impact religious organizations. To help church and ministry leaders break down the impact of these rulings, ADF attorneys recently hosted a webinar where they discussed what the Court said about federal employment law, COVID-19 restrictions, protections for religious ministries, and more. […]

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