EFCA Today http://efcatoday.org EFCA TODAY -- The magazine of the Evangelical Free Church of America info@efcatoday.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-17T18:48:22+00:00 <![CDATA[FEATURE: The EFCA in 10 Words Or Less]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/feature/ten-words-or-less http://www.efcatoday.org/site/feature/ten-words-or-less Effective movements know who they are.

There’s something missing in the leadership atmosphere of denominational life these days. Name your faith tribe—it’s true in every corner of North America. That “something” is an overwhelmingly clear, unquestionably compelling, big idea of why the “collective” exists. It’s the esprit de corps of “what makes us unique.”

]]> 2012-02-17T18:48:22+00:00 <![CDATA[FEATURE: Strands of Our DNA]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/feature/intro-strands-of-our-dna http://www.efcatoday.org/site/feature/intro-strands-of-our-dna Shaping & molding who we are today

What makes us the Evangelical Free Church of America and not some other global denomination? What’s our unique DNA, the essence of what makes us us?

]]> 2012-02-17T18:48:06+00:00 <![CDATA[Engage: Breaking the Silence]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/breaking-the-silence http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/breaking-the-silence How do you speak the gospel into silence? How do you share Christ with those who cannot hear your voice?

]]> 2012-02-03T16:12:05+00:00 <![CDATA[Engage: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/dont-ask-dont-tell http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/dont-ask-dont-tell “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is gone. Openly gay men and women are now allowed to enlist and serve in the U.S. military. And life and ministry go on as usual for EFCA Chaplain Phillip Wright at the Pentagon.

]]> 2012-01-24T14:24:46+00:00 <![CDATA[Engage: Chaplains in Action]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/chaplains-in-action http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/chaplains-in-action Chaplain Capt. Colt Randles is a little out of breath. He’s just run an obstacle course alongside his soldiers at Fort Jackson, near Columbia, S.C. . . .

]]> 2012-01-24T14:23:08+00:00 <![CDATA[Engage: Chaplain to the Chaplains]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/chaplain-to-the-chaplains http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/chaplain-to-the-chaplains Whether on land or sea or in the air, chaplains make a difference. And giving oversight to more than 200 EFCA chaplains and chaplain candidates is one man, Roy Bebee.

]]> 2012-01-24T14:07:28+00:00 <![CDATA[Catalyst: The Ends of the Earth]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/the-ends-of-the-earth http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/the-ends-of-the-earth Every Friday, a small room in a small church on the outskirts of Atlanta becomes a gathering place for the ends of the earth. . . .

]]> 2012-01-20T13:21:25+00:00 <![CDATA[Leader to Leader: Recent EFCA Authors]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/recent-efca-authors6 http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/recent-efca-authors6 Including titles by Judy & Neal Brower and Greg Carter.

]]> 2012-01-09T17:54:04+00:00 <![CDATA[Leader to Leader: Watching a Culture Grow]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/watching-a-culture-grow http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/watching-a-culture-grow It was near midnight in the small, crowded living room of Brandon and Shelly Lemons’ Illinois townhome. . . . 

]]> 2012-01-04T16:13:43+00:00 <![CDATA[Leader to Leader: Book Review: College Ministry in a Post-Christian Culture]]> http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/book-review-college-ministry-in-a-post-christian-culture http://www.efcatoday.org/site/article/book-review-college-ministry-in-a-post-christian-culture Jon Wymer, Jennifer Kvamme and Dan Benson review Steven Lutz’s book.

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