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Book Recommendations from 2020
We asked our partners what their favorite book of 2020 was and here’s what they said:
We asked our partners what their favorite book of 2020 was and here’s what they said:
Ryan Fullerton (Pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church, Louisville, KY) preaches from Romans 16:1-16.
Matt Deaver, Immanuel Network partner serving internationally, preaches from Luke 18:15-17.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people not gathering with their church for a variety of reasons. Some may not be gathering as they seek to honor the Lord and obey their conscience. Others may be put off by the added hardship that the pandemic has brought to Sunday mornings. In this time, if there is not a matter of conscience, all Christians should press into the hardship and gather with the saints.
Misuse and abuse of pastoral authority is tragic and real. But slanderous false claims against pastors, that are unverified and yet still accepted as true, destroy the work of the Lord. The Church must grow in its discernment and application of the biblical to not only protect themselves from abusive pastors, but from slanderous wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Church Planter Testimonies: Episode Four | Ramny Perez Jonny Atkinson (communications director for the Immanuel Network) sits down with Network partner Ramny Perez to discuss how the last few years have been church planting in The Bronx, NY.
Cody Cunningham (Pastor at Immanuel Community Church of New Orleans, LA) preaches from Titus 2:11-14.
Here was a group of men, a group very diverse in terms of age, background, personality, and gifting. And yet they worked well together, appreciated their differences, and even celebrated them. The one gifted in preaching would praise the one gifted in systems, who would praise the one gifted in wisdom, who would praise the one gifted in the biblical languages.
Church Planter Testimonies: Episode Three | “Matt Delaughter” Jonny Atkinson (communications director for the Immanuel Network) sits down with Network partner Matt Delaughter to discuss how the last few years have been church planting in New Orleans, LA.
Jay Haynes (Pastor at Waiehu Community Church of Waiehu, HI) preaches from Psalm 74.