[youtuber vimeo=’http://vimeo.com/65575367#at=0′] This is video featuring David Overholt. It is an explantation of what the Haemorrhaging Faith survey is and also why it is so very relevant to your church and ministry. You can purchase a copy of the full study at www.hemorrhagingfaith.com You can also purchase a copy of ‘Transfusing Life – A practical Response […]
Too much evidence. For the past weeks I have been posting thoughts I have on why I believe in God. I know many people who have issues with the idea of a god(s) because they believe they have not seen, or experienced any proof of a god(s). While I know much of these discussions revolve […]
For the past several years of my life I have studied, read, and listened to just about every book, research paper, blog, and video that I have been able to about why all young people do not remain in their churches. One of the major topics that keeps coming up, which it should, is what […]
It was seven years ago my wife, kids, dog, cat, and I moved to Glace Bay to work towards starting a new church. Recently I was asked, ‘Why do I think our new church start would succeed?’ I live in an area where most churches are in serious decline, many have closed, and many more […]
Dear Senior Pastor and Leadership Team, My name is David Sawler. I am senior leader of a Church in Glace Bay, NS. For the past decade of my life I have been studying and speaking on the topic of why a vast number of the children, youth, and young adults who grow up in our […]
For several years I was lead short term mission teams to areas surrounding Monterrey, Mexico. During most of our trips we stopped by a particular orphanage run by several Catholic Nuns. The children living there were kids that society and families either didn’t want, had abandoned, or just could not care for. Some were blind, […]
Some may think this would be a strange topic to bring up being as I am a person of Faith, a Christian, a Pastor, and I writer on such issues. However, no matter how odd you think it may be, I have a real appreciation for several friends, authors, and bloggers who see things much […]
Just a few thoughts from my upcoming book release ‘The Beautiful Christ’ It seems no one wants to be religious anymore. Christopher Hitchens has called religion, ‘the root of all evil.’ Others have said worse. There are far too many examples of what people have done, and are doing on planet earth right now, in […]
Some rambling from my book – ‘The Disciple’ Recently a pastor told me about a difficult time his church had gone through. A large portion of the church members had left after a series of difficult situations that had occurred. After the dust settled, they made a remarkable discovery. They had several hundred people in […]
From the upcoming Beautiful Christ Book – Discussing Christ through the objections people have to faith, religion, and Christianity. Much of the Bible is the history of God’s people. Just like ourselves, our history includes stories of great memories and events. It also contains our faults and failures. In the same way, the Bible does […]