Can you believe that it’s been 40 years since Friendship Church was officially registered in the State of Minnesota? What amazes me more is the amount of ministry that God had done through our church. Over these 40 years, we have seen thousands of lives changed and mine is one of them. Since I first…
Prophecy
When I was a kid, I grew up in a church that frequently spoke about prophecy. We had prophecy weekends, special prophecy speakers and prophecy studies. The teaching and studies about prophecy always related to the events around the second coming of Jesus and almost always included charts, graphs, specific fulfillment dates and predictions related…
Community
When I was growing up in south Minneapolis, my family knew everyone living on our block and many near our home. During the summers, we kids played outside all day long and into the night. One of our favorite games was kick the can. As families, we would have picnics with others living on our…
Hope and Healing
Started back in 1991 by John Baker at Saddleback Church in California, Celebrate Recovery has grown to over 30,000 churches and 20 languages! It’s in over 32 countries and in prisons as well. This program/ministry really works. The CR curriculum is based on the actual words of Jesus, is biblically balanced and proven effective in…
Finances, Generosity and Spiritual Growth
The subjects of money and finance seem at times all-consuming in the way they occupy our attention. Culture and the media celebrate wealth and accumulation and often associate it with intelligence, physical attractiveness and creativity. We cannot make it through the day without being bombarded with advice on personal finance, investments, the most favorable cash-back…