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  One of Foursquare’s missional objectives is church and congregation multiplication. Here’s some practical advice on how we as church leaders can help pastors in the making prepare to plant new churches. By Bill Gross January 26, 2016   Have you ever wondered how to spot good church planters? Practical wisdom says to look for the kind of person others want to follow, but I’m not sure that is always true. BILL GROSS There weren’t a lot of people lining up to follow Saul of Tarsus—there were quite a few running from him, in fact—but no one was following. No one was following Peter the fisherman or Matthew the tax collector or Zacchaeus the “wee little man.” But these men were the very people Jesus picked to lead a spiritual revolution. The best church planters are young apostles in the making: full of radical ideas, as frustrating as can be, and wonderfully direct in their belief in the power of God and their desire to reach everyone with the gospel. They are filled...

As ordained minister and Life Pacific College professor Terry Samples shares, God often uses leaders’ weaknesses, as well as their strengths, to inspire and teach. By Terry Samples, in  Devotionals January 29, 2016   One of my most embarrassing experiences took place a number of years ago as I was about to speak in Brazil. The church was a very significant church in the area, filled with people and life, and I was the first person from the U.S. branch of The Foursquare Church to visit. TERRY SAMPLES To honor the U.S. church for sending missionaries to Brazil, the pastor asked to wash my feet in front of this large congregation. It was a very moving experience, but one that I had not been prepared for. As the pastor and his wife knelt before me, weeping, they began untying my shoes. As they removed my shoes, I remembered there was a large hole in my sock. I began to squirm in my seat to make sure the congregation did not see my holes. A humbling leadership p...

Pastor Jack Hayford earnestly calls Foursquare pastors, leaders and church members to a lifestyle of prayer in the face of our nation’s social and moral decay.                                         January 24, 2016                           PRAYER America is suffering from an extended spiritual drought. While the social and moral decay of this hour may grieve us, discernment of the larger reason for this blight lies at the door of an all-but-prayerless church. I am not writing to assign guilt, for I have been too slow a learner myself. But I am writing with an invitation, one spoken from heaven and beginning to resonate in many hearts. .................................................................................... Foursquare Connection FOURSQUARE FAMILY Save up to $70 on Connection 2016 registration wh...

17.01.2016                         Pastor Lawrence Alabi Your uncommon worship will bring an uncommon reward, doing the unusual will bringforth the uncommon reward. Our father in faith, Abraham, did the unusual and unusual reward came to him. When his brother's son was in captivity, Abraham did gather his trained servants to rescue his brother's son (Gen. 14:14-24). After this things Abraham was rewarded greatly of God. 2 Corinthians 8:9, Jesus Christ became poor for us all to be rich. The work was done on Calvary, the uncommon reward is for us all.  Salvation and riches and wealth is for us. Philipians 2:6-11, Jesus Christ has paid the price for us, what a great work that has brought us great reward of salvation. This that Jesus Christ did brought him uncommon reward, His name is set above all names. John 11:1-44, Lazarus was dead for four days, he was already stinkin...