Efficient Church

Efficient Church · 7 min read

A local newspaper once published this little poem tucked between two articles: "My sins, God forgives them, but my wife, she hasn't forgiven them yet." The pastor who shared this line was laughing about it that Sunday mo…

神戸キリスト栄光教会 · 6 min read

There is one simple phrase to sum up what Jesus does again and again in the Gospels: he crosses lines.

Mission Évangélique Internationale (MEISTAD) · 9 min read

This Sunday, July 6, 2025, Elder Laz'ni OUATTARA takes the floor. He has been an elder since 2017 at the Église Évangélique de Clamart (Assemblies of God), and had previously served in Yamoussoukro and then in Angré (Abidjan) in…

Efficient Church · 7 min read

Ephesians 6 calls us to put on the armor of God so we can stand firm against the devil's schemes. This passage is often read like a battle manual: breastplate, shield, helmet, sword.

Efficient Church · 10 min read

Message by Wataru Sugawara, consulting pastor, Kobe Eiko Christ Church (神戸キリスト栄光教会), November 30, 2025. Translated and adapted from the Japanese.

Efficient Church · 8 min read

Numbers 15 opens with a surprise. The generation that just rebelled in the wilderness is condemned to die without seeing the promised land.

Église Évangélique de Pentecôte de Nantes · 5 min read

In Mark 8, verse 22 and following, a blind man is brought to Jesus at Bethsaida. The people beg him to touch the man. Jesus could have laid his hand on him right there, in front of the crowd. He does not.

Efficient Church · 9 min read

There's a phrase from the apostle Paul that should make you lift your head this morning: "For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God" (Romans 8:19). This isn't a poetic image.

沼津シオン・キリスト教会 · 7 min read

There's a sentence in the Bible that can reach you deeply, even on the morning you least feel like getting up.

Efficient Church · 6 min read

"Remain in me, and I will remain in you." This word of Jesus, in John 15, comes up so often that we stop really weighing it. Yet it lies at the heart of the Christian life.

Efficient Church · 6 min read

"Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7).

Mission Évangélique Internationale (MEISTAD) · 10 min read

You're going through a difficult season. Circumstances keep piling up, people let you down, and you don't understand why the door God seemed to be opening comes with so much resistance.