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- 17 Aug
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsHow Satan Views Christians
I came across this article, “Quoting Satan,” on SermonCentral.com. It is by Chad McCallum, pastor of Compass Point church in Byron Center, Mich. While we often kick ourselves for not being effective Christians, this article imagines how we must look to Satan–a strong, flexible, resilient force that he’s been unable to stop.
- 14 Aug
by Ron Ramsey
1 commentSpeaking to Money and Power
I know a church where people have strong opinions about what their church should be, but their opinion has no relation to what God says the church should be. They are people of power. And in the UB church–probably all churches–people with power tend to be people with money. Nobody will say to them, “We’re [...]
- 10 Aug
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsIn Search of Leaders
My greatest concern is finding leaders to assign to churches. I get resumes nearly every week, but few of them I believe would be the kind of people I want to assign to one of our churches, because their experience shows that they’ve never led or grown anything. I think our single biggest need is [...]
- 6 Aug
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsWhat Lies Ahead for Ron and EJ Ramsey
Well, I moved the last of my books out of the office over the weekend. I will complete a few loose ends over the next two weeks and then I will go to Greencastle, Pa., to preach at Macedonia UB and at the Rhodes Grove Camp Meeting Aug 16-20. Those will be my last duties [...]
- 3 Aug
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsLiberty UB: A Small but Healthy Church
I just received a letter from Mike Turner, a layperson at the Liberty UB church of Stockport, Ohio, down in the beautiful hills of southern Ohio. He reports that on July 12, they baptized, in Wolf Creek, 13 people who had been saved in the past month and six who had been saved earlier in [...]
- 28 Jul
by Ron Ramsey
1 comment5 Characteristics of Healthy Churches
Over the last four years the subject of healthy churches has been sharp on my radar. I collected a file full of articles trying to describe the characteristics of a healthy church. I finally compiled all the ideas and want to share them with you. This is not the result of a research project and [...]
- 20 Jul
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsLearning to Lead
My earlier experiences in ministry were not positive. It was okay, and we saw some good things happen, but I struggled a bit. I don’t know why. My first church, in 1964, was a part-time church near Willshire, Ohio, when I was a student pastor. I was elected to this job in 2005. During those [...]
- 17 Jul
by Ron Ramsey
1 commentOur Task Over the Past Four Years
Ron: The majority of our churches have very fine people–good hearts, good intentions. But somewhere we lost the zeal and vision to do anything ourselves, to reach lost people and plant new churches, and have that be a regular part of who we are in our churches. Part of me says that if reproduction isn’t [...]
- 15 Jul
by Ron Ramsey
1 commentYou Tell Me: the Characteristics of Healthy Churches
Over the past few years I have been very interested in what research, organizations, consultants, and pastors report as the characteristics of healthy churches. As you might well imagine, they report a wide range. I would like to share with you the top 6-10 that I have discovered, but before I do that, I thought [...]
- 14 Jul
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsPrayer for Two Home-Buyers
I have a hard time asking prayer for personal things, but our house situation is something that we need prayer about. We have been searching for awhile. We thought we had it settled: two months ago, we found a lot in Roanoke, Ind., on which to build a home, which was to be completed in [...]
