Great Commission Churches
Helpful Giving?
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. I just read the news that at next year’s Super Bowl game, it would only cost NAMS $ 3.8 million for a 30-second…
Teach Us to Pray
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. I had just been installed as rector of the Church of the Ascension in Middletown, Ohio. The reception was ending, and we had…
Worship People Love
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. My first memory of Christian worship comes when I am about three years old. We are with my grandmother, and we are in…
6 Non-Negotiables
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. One of the most talented men I have ever known in the leadership of the church was discussing how he began the new…
Caring for Babies
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. Nothing prepared me for the way my wife Cynthia would respond when our daughter had a baby last year. Nor how it would…
Groups That Die & Seeds That Die and Live
By the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, Ph.D. Reading a biography of the great WWII General, George C. Marshall, I was pleased to discover that he enjoyed gardening. Even more that…
A Body without Arms
by the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, PhD As an American, I am a congenital “hugger.” What the Italians call an embrazio warms my heart and soul when I receive one…
Yogi Berra & The Mission of Jesus
by the Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler, PhD Yogi Berra, the famous catcher and MLB manager is reported to have once said: “The main thing you’ve got to remember is to…
In the Know or in the Go?
by Jon Shuler For many years we have watched fads come and go in the life of the church. Christians, as a group, are not promised immunity from societal pressures,…
Living the Great Commission, Part 4
The NAMS Method By Dr. Jon Shuler Making disciples who make disciples Multiplying Great Commission Cells Planting Great Commission Congregations Building Great Commission networks This is the method of NAMS.…
