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Tips for Moving Your Church into FaithVillage
September 21, 2012
FaithVillage has been designed to help your church grow closer, deeper and wider.
Churches are invited to form organizations and groups at no cost. Simply have a church representative complete the Create Organization process and when we verify your church status we will send you a Church Partner Agreement. Churches will find FaithVillage to be a unique online home where they can build community among their members and host their video, audio and blog content in one convenient location. Click here to learn more about a Church Partnership.
Topical Conversation Groups
About Momentum Church Leader Conversations:
Where pastors and church leaders learn from each other.
About Culture Lab Conversations:
Join Culture Lab Conversations for a deeper interaction with all things faith and culture.
About Converge Church Tech Conversations:
Where church techs, IT pros, web devs, design afficionados, and AV gurus meet to trade ideas and provide motivation.
About Engage Conversations:
Let's talk causes! What's your favorite ministry, mission organization, or humanitarian group--and why?
About Momzie Conversations:
The place for moms to chat, inquire, share, and encourage.
About City Pod Studios Conversations:
Continue the conversation about all things music, audio, and related in City Pod Studios Conversations.
About RVLUTN Conversations:
Join RVLUTN Conversations for a deeper conversation on all things youth and youth culture.
About Youth Leader Conversations:
A place for youth leaders to discuss . . . anything! Share tips, ministry ideas and more in Youth Leader Conversations.
Featured Public Groups
About Social Media Group:
Social media has produced a seismic shift in communications. The Social Media Group invites you to share ideas, experiences, strategies and tools that help us leverage new media for good.
About FV Member Tips:
Join FV Member Tips to learn how to get the most out of your site experience.
About Center for Theology and Public Life:
The Mercer Center for Theology and Public Life (CTPL) promotes public dialogue, research, and constructive solutions related to important public issues to which theology and ethical reflection can make a significant contribution. The CTPL plans, hosts, and supports events that model civic, constructive, and substantive conversation about major issues in public life such as poverty and economic justice, human rights, crime and the death penalty, international peacemaking, biomedical ethics, family and sexuality, church-state relations, national identity, immigration, etc. The CTPL seeks whenever possible to encourage dialogue toward constructive solutions for the common good.
Invited participants and lecturers include theologians, ethicists, social scientists, policymakers, religious leaders, activists, and others. The CTPL hopes to host lecturers and participants known for their intellectual credibility, fair-mindedness, and capacity to engage in constructive, solution-oriented public dialogue.
About Mobile Ministry Interests:
A group for those who want to share strategies, successes, methods, failures, and opportunities with using mobile and connected digital tech within ministry endeavors.
About Dallas Theological Seminary:
Non-denominational seminary with campuses in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Austin, Knoxville, San Antonio, Tampa, and Washingon, DC, as well as online classes, training the next generation of servant-leaders to love God and love his people.
About Mens Issues:
I would like to set up a group exclusively for men where we can share freely our victories and struggles and let God's word guide our daily lives!
About Young Adult Issues:
Tell me what your thinking or the issues your dealing with in life as a young adult, college student or Christian. I would like to start a dialog, pray and see what God might have to say. You probably will find out your not the only one dealing with the things you are. Let's gain strength and help together in numbers for the good of us all for the glory of God.
About Small Group Leadership:
A place to hang out and discuss small group thoughts, ideas, issues, resources, and whatever! Please use this to discuss small group ministry, ask questions, and get and share ideas.
About GROW Outreach Ministry Group:
Principles of GROW
Although the desire to witness for Jesus Christ should come naturally for every believer, certainly the ability to share a witness effectively doesn't always come that easily. Jesus spent the course of three years training twelve men to do effective outreach and evangelism. Three years for twelve men? Can you believe that? How much time has our church spent in "training" effective witnesses? Many of us do an adequate job of motivating our churches to be more involved in personal evangelism, but we do a poor job of training people for the mission.
About Mission Writers:
Do you write with a mission? Do you want to encourage or minister to others through your words? Writing is an incredible way to share ideas, communication with people we may never meet in person, and minister to people who are hurting in our world. Whether you write a regular blog, books, articles or letters of encouragement, let's come together to share ideas and support each other in this missional craft.
Featured Organizations
About Dallas Baptist University:
The purpose of Dallas Baptist University is to provide Christ-centered quality higher education in the arts, sciences, and professional studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to traditional age and adult students in order to produce servant leaders who have the ability to integrate faith and learning through their respective callings.
The purpose of DBU's presence on FaithVillage is to provide useful resources for Christian leaders
About CBC Online:
CBC Online is a global community founded by Community Bible Church in San Antonio, TX. We gather online and enjoy good music, a relevant message, and discussion on our Live Wall. We have services beginning every 30 minutes available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We hope you will find a service or several services that work for you and join us at CBC Online.
About The Heights Church - Demo Page:
This page is used as an example for churches to see how they can fully utilize FaithVillage. This area is designed for your mission statement: At The Heights, we strive to intentionally follow Jesus Christ as we worship, grow, serve and share.
About First Baptist McKinney:
First McKinney’s vision is to lead people on a life-changing journey to find and follow Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to make disciples of our neighbors, the nations and the next generation. The process of discipleship is centered on four key words: Love
About Truett Seminary:
As a professional school of Baylor University, George W. Truett Theological Seminary subscribes to the university's mission statement "to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community."
About Buckner International:
To make life better for orphans, vulnerable children and families, and to help people find ways to go somewhere, be a voice for vulnerable children and do something by volunteering or giving.
About Denison Forum on Truth and Culture:
The Denison Forum on Truth and Culture (DFTC) (www.denisonforum.org) exists to engage contemporary culture with biblical truth. As a catalyst for moral and spiritual renewal, DFTC is joining God in building a global movement of culture-changing Christians.
About Chinese Baptist Church of Northwest Suburbs:
Mission Statement:
The purpose of our existence is to build a community of disciples of Christ who:
Worships in Spirit and Truth
Grows into Christ-Like Maturity
Ministers with the Spirit's Power and Gift
Commits to the cause of Christ
Demonstrates t
About Trinity Baptist Church:
OUR CHURCH: We are a five-generation, multi-cultural church on three campuses. We seek to minister to our church family, our community, our state, our nation and our world by supporting and participating in mission projects that range from World Mission
About The Vineyard Fellowship Church:
We are a Hispanic Baptist church trying to reach our community through our ministry. Learning and growing in Jesus Christ.
About First Baptist Church Nashville:
Serve our community for Jesus Christ
About First Baptist Church of West:
FBC West is a Christ-centered and Bible-based family of disciples sharing the hope of salvation in our community.
About Iglesia Cristiana Nuevo Amanecer:
A church of restored people worshiping God, working together, and equipping others in order to take the Gospel wherever we go, starting with the community.
Una iglesia de personas restauradas adorando a Dios, trabajando unidas y equipando a otros para llevar el evangelio donde quiera que vayamos, empezando con la comunidad.
About Valley Alliance Church:
We desire to know Jesus Christ as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King and to complete His Great Commission. The Alliance will fulfill His Commission through
Evangelizing and discipling persons throughout the United States,
Incorporating them i
About Baylor Health Care System:
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Health Care System exists to serve all people through exemplary health care, education, research and community service.
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