John Folmar
Articles by John Folmar:Implementing Membership in an Existing Church
By John Folmar
“How can we get involved in ministry in this church?”
The seasoned couple wanted to begin serving that very day—hosting small groups, leading Bible studies, anything. Encouraged by their enthusiasm, I simply urged them to continue coming along and getting to know the church better. The fact is, new attenders shouldn’t be serving the church in any official ways, from serving coffee to volunteering with childcare.
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Book Review: It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian
“My primary thesis is that the change we most yearn for is available to us only through the Triune God who transforms his people within the divine community, the church—The People of the Table. I believe and want to convince you that ‘it takes a church to raise a Christian’” (22).
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Pastoring a Multi-Ethnic Church
By John Folmar
On any given Friday morning, you will find more than fifty different nationalities represented at our church gatherings. (Our church founders established the weekly meetings on Friday to accord with a Muslim working week.) The United Christian Church of Dubai (UCCD) gathers in the midst of a sea of Islam and materialism in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a small oil-rich nation that borders Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf.
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