Investing in Your Church

How can an individual help to strengthen their church? How can we help people to begin to love their church? In this episode, Val shares his heart for the local church and gives practical direction for ways to be a blessing in one’s brotherhood. Val encourages Christians to view the church as the people that they will spend eternity with.

Visit Kitchi Blessings Ministries: https://www.kitchiblessing.com/

Works Referenced:

Being the Blessing: https://kitchiblessing.com/being-the-blessing/

I Will Build my Church: https://kitchiblessing.com/i-will-build-my-church/

The Anabaptist view of the Church: https://amzn.to/305qWDT

Church Membership: https://amzn.to/380jJtm

King Jesus Claims his Church: https://amzn.to/3uNit6o

The Safest Place on Earth: https://amzn.to/3q9rHqd

Uniting Church and Home: https://amzn.to/306dcsJ

When the Church Was a Family: https://amzn.to/3uM1xxm

Why Church Matters: https://amzn.to/3b6FpWL (Joshua Harris left Christianity around the time of this interview)

Church Matters: https://amzn.to/381B8BL

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Music: "The Basket" by Blue Dot Sessions

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