Mark Bemenderfer

Ministry Matters (4)

Thoughts on various ministry problems, challenges, questions and issues.
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Philosophy of Ministry

My primary purpose is to secure as much glory for Jesus Christ by equipping and encouraging His saints to aspire to greatness in the Kingdom of God and to obtain as much treasure in Heaven as possible (2 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Corinthians 7:35; Matthew 6:19-34;…

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Statement of Faith

Preamble I came to Christ early in 1988. I was 20 years old. Through an interesting set of circumstances, I was "tricked" into reading my Bible, starting at Genesis. Thankfully, at the time I had a translation I could actually understand (and eventually discovered several…

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End Times Overview (Matthew 24)

The end times offer no end of fascination for the believer. Since the return of Christ to the right hand of God, believers have longed to understand how things would play out when Christ returned to reign. Of course, there are multiple schools of thought…

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How to Lose a Church

On the topic of growing a fellowship in maturity, I realized there were about five steps to losing a church or fellowship for Christ. I list them here: 0) Every church begins as mixture of wheat and tares. In the best situation, there is mature…

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