by Donna Avant | Jun 26, 2020 | Featured, Say Yes to God
Really, what can I do? I’m just a sixty-year-old white woman feeling inadequate to change anything in our world. My emotions these past months have ranged from extreme sadness to anger to utter hopelessness. What can I do? I’m a fixer. I may have written a Bible...
by John Avant | Jun 24, 2020 | Featured, Presidents Column, Say Yes to God
Have you noticed how many people are posting on social media things like, “Can we just fast-forward to 2021?” I get that feeling, and I’ll bet you do too. But actually, it runs contrary to God’s way of thinking and working in the world. We know that for those who love...
by John Avant | Jun 3, 2020 | Church Leadership, Featured, God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column, Say Yes to God
In 1996 I began to pastor New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia. The population around our church was significantly black, but our church was not. I embarked on a journey to see that change. It was not an easy task. As our church became more diverse, I...
by John Avant | Jun 1, 2020 | Church Leadership, Featured, God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column, Say Yes to God
Revival must change our hearts AND our actions. A global pandemic … racism, hatred, killing … our nation on fire … We don’t really need churches to reopen. We need them to restart—different than they used to be. Not divided and dominated by our theological wrangling...
by Life Action | May 27, 2020 | Featured, Say Yes to God
On this episode of Let’s Talk, we will discover the one biblical key that accelerates growth, jump starts revival, earns the respect of others, and might even help you survive a pandemic. Join us at (time) as Pastor and Life Action Messaging Leader Dan Jarvis...
by Life Action | May 21, 2020 | Featured, Say Yes to God
Everyone is either affected or infected by anger, some of us are dishing it out and others are the recipients of it. We are going to look at how Christians are to respond to things that make us angry and how to love those whose anger spews out on us. – Steve Let’s...
