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Family Discipleship and Children's Church

Family Discipleship and Children's Church

Tennent is committed to thoughtful engagement of the whole family. Not only do we welcome families to attend our residencies, but we want to walk beside families to encourage and nurture whole-family discipleship. Today we’ve invited Frank Trimble, the Director of Training and Consulting for Family Time Training, to share his vision for including children in corporate worship.

Hurt by the Church

Hurt by the Church

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.” In their upcoming book, Why Church Matters: Going All In with the Broken Yet Beautiful Body of Christ, Mark Hallock and Aaron Weber address the reality of hurt caused by the church, while also offering hope from God’s Word. We are happy to share an excerpt from their book here today.

The Upper Room: God's Disciple-Making Vision

The Upper Room: God's Disciple-Making Vision

Is this what Christ called us to do: tie people emotionally to a place, personalities, programs, and people? Cory Hartman and Will Mancini urge us to get beyond attractional ministry to focus on what really matters: discipleship. Hartman, one of our adjunct faculty in applied theology, is the Lead Content Developer at Auxano, the ministry consulting organization founded by Will Mancini to help churches realize their vision.