Category Archives: Ministry

Cross Cultural Ministry in the US

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Guy Williams has been blogging lately about ministry in the United Methodist Church, particularly on itineracy and matching churches and pastors. David Brooks’ column today sheds some light on the phenomena we’re seeing, particularly the gap between urban, suburban and … Continue reading →

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Stress and Conversion

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

My brother has been blogging about conversion lately. Today he posted on conversion and stress. Here are my initial thoughts: Part of the difficulty is assuming we know what we’re talking about, when what we have are, in fact, abstractions. … Continue reading →

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Stepping Out

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve taught on spiritual gifts many times over the past twenty years. One of the tools commonly used in such teaching is what we call a “Spiritual Gifts Inventory.”(Here’s a sample of an online inventory.) The theory is that by … Continue reading →

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A Church with vision

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I like learning from a wide variety of people. In just the past couple of days I’ve posted comments on what I’m learning from a Pakistani Muslim college professor and two leadership types from out west. Another person I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Starfish And Spider, part 2

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Continuing my interaction with the book, The Starfish and the Spider, I’d like to see what relevance their discussion of discerning the one from the other might have for the United Methodist church. The authors give these questions to ask … Continue reading →

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Starfish and the Spider

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

We had a stormy day Tuesday, so I took it as an opportunity to read a new leadership book (new to me, anyway), The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman & Rod A. … Continue reading →

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Making Disciples

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Our purpose as a church is to make disciples. My personal take on that (for my own life) is that I’m here (wherever God has me at any given moment) to make disciples who become disciple makers. I realize that … Continue reading →

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Christian Commitment

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I was asked to write a piece about my Christian commitment.  If any of you have any opinions on content, tone, style, etc., I’d love to hear it. Thanks! ************************** Statement of Christian Commitment  My commitment to Christ would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry, Salvation, Theology | 2 Comments

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations: Radical Hospitality

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Radical Hospitality is the first of the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. That’s evangelism in plain Christianese. This is probably the new jargon I like the least. “Radical” is ok, but hospitality just seems weak in our current context. It … Continue reading →

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Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, 1

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Robert Fritz says Creative Tension is produced by the gap between a strongly held vision and a willingness to tell the truth about the present. Like many pastors, I have a strong vision to reach people for Christ: to help … Continue reading →

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