Resources on Church Issues
Sermons on Church Issues
Far More Than You ThinkEphesians 3:14-21
September 29, 1985
God Finishes What He Starts
Philippians 1:1-8
August 3, 1986
Tom Steller
Good and Evil in the Churches of Asia and Bethlehem
Revelation 2-3
February 13, 1994
The Goodness and the Groaning of Growth
Thoughts on Bethlehem's Future
Acts 2:36-47
June 8, 2003
Let Christ Be All in This Building!
1 Corinthians 3:10-17
March 6, 1988
Take Courage: You Build More Than You See
You Build More Than You See
Haggai
November 28, 1982
That the Truth of the Gospel Be Preserved for You
Galatians 2:1-10
February 20, 1983
Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses
Acts 2:36-47
November 4, 2007
Why God Laid a Stone of Stumbling
1 Peter 2:4-8
February 27, 1994
Taste & See Articles on Church Issues
After 102 Years Is It Time for a New Sanctuary?October 12, 1987
Another Astonishing Vote for SPAN the Nineties
September 26, 1988
Baptist General Conference Annual Meeting
July 27, 1982
Breaking Ground
April 9, 1990
Build Now, with What Is Pledged!
May 8, 2001
The Calls Accepted
May 16, 1988
Crucial Questionnaire!
We Need Your Input
November 16, 1994
Don't Go to Church!
November 11, 1997
Dreaming About Disappearing Mortgages
April 11, 1995
Early Services in History
March 17, 1981
Executive Pastor: What and Why?
March 25, 1997
Five Reasons You Should Gather with the Church on Sunday, September 12
September 5, 1982
Five Year Statistical Report
January 14, 1985
A Future and a Hope
October 1, 1984
Getting Ready for Three Services
February 10, 1986
Here Comes The Dome
March 30, 1982
How Our New Worship Building Will Become Wonderfully Obsolete
The Real Aim of SPAN III
February 25, 1991
How the Elders of Bethlehem Baptist Church Decided That It Was Biblical and Wise to Borrow Money to Purchase the North Campus
July 27, 2005
Implications of Having 3,833 in Worship Last Weekend
September 15, 2004
Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?
November 21, 1995
Let Public Thanks Ascend for God's Mercy in Education for Exultation
Psalm
October 22, 2003
Minimizing the Bible?
Seeker-Driven Pastors and Radical Contextualization in Missions
September 28, 2005
Minimizing the Bible? (Russian)
Приуменьшение Библии?
September 28, 2005
The Ministry of Rising and Walking
A Pastoral Admonition
January 28, 1985
A Minor Merger Miracle
October 13, 1986
Missions, Hunger, and Summer Houses
October 12, 1982
The New Bethlehem Star is Rising
First Bethlehem Star Newsletter
January 13, 1981
A New Full-Time Minister?
November 3, 1981
New Staff at Bethlehem
September 19, 1983
The New Staffing Configuration
January 24, 1983
No Debt in '97
For the Sake of 2000 by 2000
February 27, 1996
Not If, But How Shall We Grow?
July 8, 1984
Past and Future at the Bethlehem Conference Reunion
July 5, 1983
The Peaceful End to a Powerful Dream
October 28, 1986
The People Said Yes!
October 26, 1987
The Pledges Are In!
October 8, 1996
Ponder This with Tillapaugh
February 11, 1985
Possible Steps for '86
February 17, 1986
Post-Easter Reds, Yellows and Oranges (Not Blues)
March 31, 1986
Pray, Park, Premier Praise, Jesus Parade
June 17, 1991
A Prayer for Bethlehem One Hundred Years From Now
To Be Put in the Time Capsule in the New Building
May 15, 2002
A Prayer for Our Church
November 20, 2000
Project ’84 Ends and the Pre-’90 Era Begins
May 21, 1984
Questions about Adding Pastoral Staff
April 27, 1987
Seeking the Master Concerning the Master Plan
June 8, 1994
Shaping the Future of BBC Saturday Morning
April 11, 1983
SPAN the Nineties II
May 30, 1989
SPAN the Nineties II: The Issue of Wine Skins
Mark 2:22
June 12, 1989
Star Survey
October 22, 1984
A Stunning Suggestion
May 12, 1986
Summer is for Seeing and Showing God
All-Church Schedule June 11–September 3
May 9, 1995
Take Part in the Dream
February 3, 1986
Testing Your Attendance Strategy Quotient
November 18, 1985
Then the Five Said Yes
November 16, 1987
Three Important Things for Members
September 3, 1985
The Times They Are a Changin’
April 20, 1992
The Tree Jumped Into The Sea
Luke 17:6
March 3, 1986
Two Crucial Committees You Should Know About (and Pray For!)
November 14, 1988
U-Bahns, Missions and WTV's
How to Get to a Crowded Church
March 17, 1986
An “Uncommon Union”
August 27, 1984
Update: Project '84
May 26, 1981
Vote on SPAN the Nineties Part II
July 10, 1989
We Need to Talk and Pray
An Invitation to an Open Forum and a Reminder to Pray
April 4, 1988
John Piper and Tom Steller
What Happened at the Quarterly Business Meeting?
April 28, 1986
What Is God Saying to Us in the SPAN III Pledges?
April 8, 1991
What Wonderful and Wild Thing Might God Be Up To?
May 8, 2002
What Your Gifts Will Do in '92
February 3, 1992
What’s Happening with SPAN the Nineties?
August 29, 1988
Whatever Happened to That "Free" Book You Promised?
April 1, 1991
Where Are We in Long Range Planning?
October 7, 1985
Why an All-Church Survey?
July 15, 1985
Why Cluster Meetings? Why an All Church Dinner?
February 29, 1988
Why I Have Accepted the Contingent Call to First Baptist Church
September 8, 1986
Why We Are Going to Three Sunday Morning Services
January 20, 1986
A Year-End Plea to Strengthen Your Faith for What Man Cannot Do
December 7, 1994
Articles on Church Issues
Bethlehem Baptist's Global DiaconateExpanding the Vision to Include the Global Diaconate, Church Planting, and Campus Multiplication
April 4, 2004
Bethlehem Baptist Church Staff
Ministering to Your Pastor
The Bible Friend (Vol. 75, No. 8), Minneapolis, MN
August 1, 1978
Conference Messages on Church Issues
Keys to Understanding the Church and KingdomAdvance09
June 5, 2009
Ed Stetzer
Marks of a Healthy Community of Faith
Advance09
June 6, 2009
Daniel Akin
Q & A with Piper, Driscoll, Greear, and Stetzer
Advance09
June 5, 2009
Various
The Resurgence of the Church
Advance09
June 4, 2009
Tyler Jones
The Ultimate Shepherd
Advance09
June 5, 2009
Eric Mason
What Is the Church?
Advance09
June 4, 2009
Mark Driscoll
Questions & Answers on Church Issues
How is a church bookstore different than the tables Jesus turned in the temple?February 11, 2009
Is it important for the sake of community that a church have only one service?
October 20, 2008
Is there a place for creeds in the church?
December 17, 2007
What is the "emerging church"?
March 12, 2008
What is the value of art in the church?
December 19, 2006
When should we confess sins publicly?
May 19, 2008
Interviews on Church Issues
Changes in Evangelicalism Over the Last 40 YearsWheaton Alumni Symposium
May 10, 2008
Various
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