A Baby Is about to Be Born!

Well, it feels like we ought to have a party. We're submitting to the printer this afternoon our first monthly issue--all 64 pages of it plus its 4-page cover.
As I said yesterday, I'm pleased with the improved graphics and substantive content in the issue.

• Jay Link explains how we've misused the term "stewardship."
• Alan Ahlgrim recounts the difficult financial problems of Rocky Mountain Christian Church in Niwot, Colorado.
• Jim Bird and Frances Nash talk about the remarkable missions giving in the small churches they serve.
• Barry Cameron narrates his own family's challenging journey out of debt.
• Darrel Rowland and Kent Fillinger profile six churches whose ministry has grown as they've given money to causes outside themselves. 
• Justin Horey chronicles the unprecedented $50 million campus move happening now at Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, California.
• Eleanor Daniel shares her testimony about how moving made her reconsider her own pattern as a consumer of "stuff."

All that and more relates to our cover theme:  "Show Me the Money!" And then we have a wonderful piece by Ben Cachiaras that I'm guessing will stimulate lots of responses: "Let Me Tell You How You Should Vote," and I wrote "NACC Diary" based on blog posts I had made from the convention plus lots of Tom Patrick's excellent photos. And the monthly columns are good too: Mike Mack, Robert Hull, LeRoy Lawson, Tim Harlow, Jim Estep.

Well, like I said, I'm very pleased with it. 

Now, if we can just attract some new subscribers, we'll really have accomplished something!