You Can Have a Kingdom Impact in Your Community Today; and We Can Help!
When neighbors care enough about something to act together to get something done, things change.
Asset Based Community Development
ABCD is a powerful and inclusive approach to community development.
Seeking Shalom
Seeking Shalom challenges us to take a holistic view of poverty.
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Host an Asset-Based Community Development or Seeking Shalom group training for your Church, your Non-Profit, or your Community Organization!
Facilitate a Community Action Effort in your neighborhood. Identify what your neighbors care most about; enough to do something about it together!
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Meade
Insights
Here are some great thoughts to browse and to share with others.
Transformed by a New Mindset
OneChurch helps churches serve their neighbors and support local leaders. Rather than doing things FOR the community, OneChurch shows churches…
Read MoreGod With Us
At Christmas we remember and celebrate the fact that Jesus is Emmanuel; God with us. As Christians, we also remember…
Read MoreGetting Proximate
I became a Christian when was twenty-six years old. This is when I learned that I could have a personal…
Read MoreSome Things I Wished I Had Learned in Seminary
At 35 years of age I became the part-time pastor of a small rural church in Virginia. Before this, the…
Read MoreWhat is Asset Based Community Development?
WHAT IS ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? “Asset Based Community Development” or ABCD looks for, and starts from people’s gifts and strengths…
Read MoreBe Prepared
In “Scouting for Boys,” Boy Scout’s founder Baden-Powell wrote that their motto, “Be Prepared,” means that “you are always in a…
Read MoreBeing Clear About Our Intentions
We all do what we want to do. What if we were more clear about our wants? What if we…
Read MoreExpecting Guests
Churches are places where people come together to worship God and to grow in their faith. They also attend to…
Read MoreActually Catching Fish
“And he (Jesus) said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’” Matthew 4:19I don’t know…
Read MoreTraveling Churches
I’m not particular when it comes to my lawn. But my next door neighbor is. A few years ago he…
Read MoreAn Absolute Eye Opener
“Seeking Shalom has been an absolute eye opener for myself and the leadership staff of FLOW CHURCH! I am so…
Read MoreGrowing in Gratitude
One day the parents of a young soldier who died in battle came to their pastor asking to give a…
Read MoreGod’s Amazing Love
Jeffrey Dahmer killed at least 17 young men, primarily in Wisconsin and Ohio. After taking a bible course in prison…
Read MoreEngaging Our Neighbors
After completing an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) workshop and Seeking Shalom classes, we decided (after much prayer), to engage…
Read MoreOneChurch has a New Look
We have completely redesigned our OneChurch website to make it more relevant and functional for you. Please take a minute…
Read MoreA Living Hope – 1 Peter 1:1-9
In his book, “Come Thirsty (pages 47-48),” Max Lucado tells a story of a little Haitian Orphan by the name…
Read MoreHe Had to Be One of Us!
“Puppies for Sale,” the sign said, and a young boy came to inquire. “I’d like to buy one, if they…
Read MoreA Call to Arms
Captain Larry Ellis, a US Marine Corps Chaplain, tells the story of a Marine battle where the enemy was across…
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Change happens at the
Speed of Trust!
“Trust is not something that is given: it must be earned and maintained over time. The key is to become more honest and truthful.” – Rachael Botsman