Frontpage Article Leadership Pastoral Ministry Is it Biblical for Women to be Pastors or Elders? This is a controversial topic that our ministry gets asked about consistently. It tends to incite debate but my encouragement is for Christians on all sides to think Biblically, rather than emotionally. Our aim ought to be to engage Scripture, present truths as best as we can, steer clear of character assaults, and make logical […] Written by Costi Hinn January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Church Membership Conflict Resolution Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry Repentance Why Your Church Should Practice Church Discipline One of the more-frequently misapplied passages of Scripture is Matthew 18:20, where the Lord Jesus is recorded as saying: “For where two or three have gathered in My name, I am there in their midst.” Whether this verse is thrown around at a men’s prayer breakfast, a church potluck, or a small group conversation in […] Written by Jesse Randolph December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Church Growth Church Planting Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry 3 Keys to Effective Church Planting 21st century America has seen a church planting revival. Church plants are popping up everywhere. I recently googled “Church Plant” in a well-known mid-level U.S. city, and twenty churches popped up within a 5-mile radius. There was a congregation named “Fresh Church” one block from “Radiant Church” who was just around the corner from “Destiny Church.” We’ve seen […] Written by Anthony Wood December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Church Growth Conflict Resolution Frontpage Article Leadership Money Pastoral Ministry Repentance Sin Wisdom 3 P’s Money Shouldn’t Get You in the Church Over the past 17 years — in the prosperity gospel, the seeker-driven church movement, and reformed-ish world — I’ve seen my fair share of manipulative tactics by greedy preachers and by wealthy parishioners. It seems that one cannot simply relegate money-manipulation to one theological camp, or only to leaders. Rather, it is common anywhere sin […] Written by Costi Hinn December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry 10 Lessons from Online Seminary This article may ruffle the feathers of those who teach, attend, or believe in mandated on-campus seminary training, but don’t get too fired up just yet. Let’s start by agreeing on this: physically going to seminary can be vitally important for a ministry leader. As valuable as physically attending seminary can be, the local church […] Written by Costi Hinn December 5, 2019November 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry Faithful Shepherds in a Frantic Culture If you love the church, you must believe that God’s people deserve men who will be faithful shepherds in the midst of a frantic culture. No matter what era you peruse throughout history, faithful shepherds are always in demand. But is every man claiming “compulsion to lead the church” a man that should be trusted? […] Written by Costi Hinn July 15, 2019October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelism Frontpage Article Global Missions Pastoral Ministry 3 Takeaways from India 2019 From January 25th – February 3rd I and a brother from our church embarked on a 34-hour journey deep into the heart of India. While it’s not necessary to share our exact location, I can share that we were in the southern half of India. Our objective on this trip was not to convert Hindus, […] Written by Costi Hinn February 6, 2019October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry Preaching Preaching Sound Doctrine Matters Some years ago we did things a little differently at our church than we do now. We had a band that was filled with hired guns and we paid them to play the lights out every Sunday. To illustrate: our guitarist would tour the world with a famous boy-band, then roll in on Sundays to […] Written by Costi Hinn December 17, 2018October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Church Growth Frontpage Article Leadership Pastoral Ministry Why Biblical Elders Are Vital to Church Health Church leadership models always seem to be going through a type of cultural renovation. Trying to stay relevant, influential evangelicals try to innovate at every turn; trading in biblical roles like elder and deacon for newer, less biblically stringent leadership positions. Some churches avoid having elders altogether because of bad experiences or horror stories from others […] Written by Costi Hinn October 16, 2018November 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Church Membership Frontpage Article Pastoral Ministry 5 Signs of a Dangerous Church Member In his phenomenal book titled, Well-Intentioned Dragons, Marshall Shelley addressed the challenges of problem-people in the church saying, “Wherever there’s light, there’s bugs.” And boy, is he right. It seems that, without question, problem people tend to pop up most where the light burns brightest. Not in every case, but quite often, they end up […] Written by Costi Hinn September 10, 2018October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Share Your Testimony: Step by Step Stories are the language of the human heart. They have the power to captivate listeners with their relatable desires, conflicts, and struggles. Stories also have the power to define individuals, families, societies, and nations. One storytelling expert said, “Stories are 2 to 10 times more memorable than facts alone. And that’s why the most influential […] Written by Greg Sukert March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why the Mission of God Beats the American Dream In 1999, my wife and I graduated from college and began working to pay off our student debts, which were substantial. We didn’t have a “missionary call,” but we believed it was important to be rooted and active in our local church, and faithful in reading our Bibles and prayer. I quickly began rising in […] Written by Brooks Buser February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How FTG Handles Your Giving When I launched this site a few years ago, it was only a blog. At that time, my publisher asked that I have one so that I could promote books to people who find my articles helpful. When discussing the whole idea with my wife, we both agreed that naming something “Costi Hinn Ministries” was […] Written by Costi Hinn February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Doctrine Matters We have all heard some version of the statement: “I love Jesus, I’m just not into theology.” Or, “I know the gospel, which is all the doctrine I need.” Or, “learning doctrine and theology is for those stuffy seminary types.” Or, “Jesus + Nothing = Everything.” Statements like these have an initial appeal. They sound […] Written by Jesse Randolph February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked