Though a minister may have passion, knowledge, etc., a lack of proper ethics will close doors and squelch your ministry.
Your ethics will be what people will see and remember for years to come.
Following are some tips to help nurture ethics in altar ministry:
The altar must be planned and prayed for as much or more than the rest of your sermon.
The difference between a good and a great service is knowing how to give, make and keep the altar call.
Pray and ask God when and how to make the call for …

Over the last several years, our church has been involved in a type of outreach termed, “Servant Evangelism”, where we endeavor to bless our communities with the love of Christ without asking anything in return. Often, churches are perceived as constantly having their hand out asking for things, and we want to turn that perception upside down. Jesus said the second-greatest commandment is that you love your neighbor as yourself… and that’s what we’re attempting to do.
One way of accomplishing this is by way of Care-Packs, which are small gift-bags …

1. SEED
Mark 4;31-32
The first key to the harvest is the seed. Without the seed there can be no harvest. The word of God is the seed that must be planted in the hearts of men. There is tremendous power in the seed.Even a tiny seed can become a big tree.
2. SEASON
John 4;35
The second key to the harvest is the season. Harvest can be done during the harvest season when the crop is ready to be harvested. If the crop is not harvested during the harvest time the entire crop will …

Many millions of people suffer from a spiritual, “mistaken identity”, and the Church is given the mission of reaching out to God’s lost creation and helping to restore them to their true identity.

What if you started to research your family history and discovered the mother of all skeletons in the family closet — that you weren’t who you really thought you were? That’s what happened to the descendants of Bobby Dunbar.
Bobby Dunbar went missing at the age of four during a family trip to Swayze Lake in Louisiana in 1912. …

I wanted to post about a great outreach we’ve been doing in our community for the last few years. It has been a hit each year, and annually we do more and more hugs.
For Valentine’s Day, our small(but big-minded) church buys bags of Hershey’s Hugs, thousands of ziplock snack bags, and confetti, and printed up business cards with our “Hug” graphic (you can download it, and several other high-quality, printable card graphics I designed by clicking here.)

We assemble over a thousand of these bags during a church fellowship time, putting …

The Michigan District of the UPCI caught a vision for evangelizing our state nearly 9 years ago, and have since increased roughly 35% in new church plants. The goal for 2009 is to plan 9 new churches within our state, and to progressively plant more churches over the next 10 years until we double in size.
This video briefly explores the past, present and future of the Apostolic Message in Michigan, and lays out a solid plan for growth, appealing to the viewer for support. Nine new churches in Michigan in …

All forms of evangelism have their place, but the most effective method is to plant a New Testament church in every section of every city of the United States.

Jesus asked the question, “What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and loose his own soul?”  With one short piercing question the Lord of the harvest reveals the worth of a soul to the church – One soul is worth more than all the world!  Stack up on one side of the balance all the wealth of the world – all of it’s gold and silver, all of it’s jewels and precious stones, stack up magnificent houses, automobiles, yachts and planes – and on the …

By Jack Cunningham
When I was a teenager I went to work with Brother Billy Cole.  I told him that I wanted to be a preacher.  He told me to be ready, that during a Sunday night service he would introduce me to the church and announce my call to preach.
I prepared myself for the introduction by wearing my best suit and tie.  I memorized what I would say … I thought surely he would want me to say something since I am called to preach.
As was his custom … during …

By Jared Arango
We stand at this juncture of time with an unceasing urgency to follow through with the mandate and purpose of the church — the saving of a soul.
We are at a cross road in time that is reminding and redefining the reason for existence of the redeemed on the earth — reaching the lost.
With the phasing out of the old millennium and anticipating a new one, there is an electrifying urgency that cannot be neglected “to go ye into all the world.”
The lateness of the hour press the …