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Kindling the Holy Fires of Ministry and Church Planting in Pennsylvania

Posted on October 2, 2014March 9, 2021 by ptsblog
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“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Jesus, Luke 12:49 What did Jesus mean? He came to cast fire on the earth, and wished we were already burning. A few decades ago, Catherine Doherty linked these words of Jesus to the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to…

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Bivocational Ministry: Barista, MDiv

Posted on July 18, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog
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I came to Pittsburgh from Colorado to get a Master of Divinity. I wanted to be a pastor. But three months after graduation, I was serving espresso in a local café. For the next five years, the 61C Café in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh would be my employer, my community, and my mission…

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Why We’re Not Interested in Your Sunday School

Posted on May 30, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog
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Young adults seek new forms of Christian education. This article was originally published in the May 2014 special edition “Guide to Young Adult Ministry” of Presbyterians Today magazine. To subscribe or read more articles from this issue, go to www.pcusa.org/today. Battered by a constant torrent of news stories, online media, and social networking feeds, millennials have grown…

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