Wednesday, May 16, 2012

100 Years of Ministry

I asked longtime preacher Glen Wheeler to pose with me after the minister's meeting in Worthington this morning. He figures between the two of us this picture represents about 100 years of ministry! Glen is now a resident of Worthington Christian Village, but he still has a heart for ministry. "I've taught many new residents here from other religious groups about the meaning of the Lord's Supper," he said during our discussion time. He has a goal of writing a book a year, and he volunteered to help lead this minister's meeting next year!

Their attendance was low, by their own estimate, and their attendance has been waning for the last several years. Meanwhile, Kingdom Synergy Partners meets every other month at the Worthington Christian Church, and its meetings are thriving with large attendances of leaders from all over the state. This is indicative of something, but I'm not sure what.

My work this week has been dominated by planning, meeting, arranging, discussing, and resolving conflict surrounding our plan to convert Christian Standard to a monthly publication, beginning with its September issue. The good news is that folks are accepting the writing assignments and the systems issues are closer to being resolved. Tomorrow we address marketing.

All that, plus preparing for this workshop today, plus doing some recruiting for the Stone-Campbell Dialogue meeting next fall, has kept my very busy--moving from one e-mail to the next meeting to the next phone call with no slack time in between. But it's satisfying to see a lot accomplished.

Tomorrow I have a full day at the office, and then only a half day till we take off for visits in three Tennessee spots that will keep us out till next Wednesday. Of course, getting normal weekly CS production done in the midst of all this adds further pressure.

But I'm not complaining. By and large, it is a good week.

A few have commented, on Facebook and here at the blog, on yesterday's post: "What's the Future of the Restoration Movement?" More comments are welcome.

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