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Blogs by Varn or Earma Brown

Blog: Serve Catching Your Leader's Vision

Do you know your pastor’s vision for your church? Has he or she started a new building program? Or has he launched a campaign to reach the youth in your area? Every leader needs the agreement of its followers. If not already, find out the specific...

Blog: Serve Going to the Next Level

Has God called you to go to the next level in service? Are you feeling a bit restless and dissatisfied with being an assistant to the leader? A few years ago, a young woman wrote to us saying, "I think I may be out growing armorbearing. What do yo...

Serve Sowing Bountifully

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works. --Ken...

Serve Discerning God's Season of Diversity

SERVE DISCERNING GOD'S SEASON OF DIVERSITY No man is poor who has had a godly mother. -Abraham Lincoln If you were asked, "Who prays for you or who prayed for you?" What would your answer be? If you are like most of us you would give one...

All May Prophesy?

All May Prophesy! In Jeremiah 14: 14-15, you can hear the cry of a true prophet of God being constantly assaulted by false prophets who declared blessing on a backslidden nation. While Jeremiah saw that without repentance, judgment would sure...

Blog: Serve Leading Others In Generous Faith

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill, Sir Fear operates in insecurity and may cause you to hold back when you should release all you have in faith to your trainee. Fear will prevent you from train...

Are You a Pattern for the Believers?

Have you created something using a pattern? You know; did you use a template or a blueprint to make it easier. Most everyone enjoys using a template to jumpstart their creations. My mother used patterns to sew clothing and quilts when my sist...

Count Your Blessings 1 by 1

May I be honest? I've had some overcoming opportunities recently. How about you? I know these words of mine won't speak to everyone at everytime. But I believe there's some folks that have been pressing through challenges as well. I've learne...

Weekly Blog: Calling On the One Who Changes Not

Have you noticed during these turbulent times a lot of things we thought would never change are changing? I drove by one of our favorite restaurants not long ago and noticed a sign "CLOSED After 50 Years." We had to start limiting our visits becau...

FAQ: How Do I Politely Tell Former Pastor to Mind Her Own Business?

I am one of the pastors of a congregation and I have been assigned the task to train and teach in our church.  I have a small group of armorbearers that are being influenced in a negative way right now by someone in the church that was once a Past...