Monthly Archives: October 2015

“Youth These Days” Blog Series- Making Disciples of Jesus, not the local Church

In the great commission, Jesus calls us to make disciples of all nations. In the third part of our “Youth These Days” blog series Blake Birdsall looks into the challenges youth pastors have at making disciples of millennials and teenagers. He outlines some of the top questions he’s encountered while working with youth and shares a few ways God has pressed on his heart to better make disciples.
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United in Freedom: Awareness Feat. Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati

in News. Posted October 28, 2015
This fall Transform Minnesota is hosting United in Freedom: an experience intended to overcome racial division in the body of Christ. The first of our 3-part experience, led by Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati, taught about America’s deep-rooted issues of economic and educational disparity. By identifying the implications of our history, Transform Minnesota believes that participants will begin to adequately understand our present situation.
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Holy Land Evangelical Leaders Forum

in News. Posted October 20, 2015
In October, Transform Minnesota and the National Association for Evangelicals hosted six evangelical leaders from the Holy Land who provided first-hand reports about the challenges faced by evangelical Christians living in Israel and surrounding territories, and tell us their prayer requests.
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Transforming Minnesota for Christ for 50 Years (1965-2015)

in News. Posted October 8, 2015
Transform Minnesota is celebrating 50 years in ministry. Since 1965 tens of thousands of lives have been greatly impacted through Transform Minnesota, which began as the Greater Minnesota Association of Evangelicals (GMAE). The evidence of how God has strengthened our evangelical movement through the past five decades, is what inspires us to look ahead to the future, and continue serving our network with relationships, resources, and representation.
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Pastor’s Column: Becoming a Volunteer Church

Church leaders are exhausted by the lack of volunteer help. Volunteers are vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. Under the leadership of Jill Fox, Wooddale Church's volunteer program boasted 3,000+ participants. In our Pastor's Column, Jill writes about how to mobilize the church’s most vital workforce, volunteers.
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“Youth These Days” Blog Series: The Big Five

In the second part of our "Youth These Days" blog series, Zach Marino of Maple Grove Evangelical Church writes about 5 recommendations he has for developing a kingdom-impacting youth ministry. Zach believes these pointers help strike the balance in youth ministry of being relevant yet biblical, Christ-centered, Holy Spirit dependent and God-glorifying.
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