by Garris Elkins | Nov 26, 2012 | Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Teaching, Word
Many years ago, when I was a student at Ministries Institute at Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, I learned a valuable lesson about sermon preparation from my pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr. Roy was a profound teacher of God’s Word. He taught about God’s Kingdom. His focus...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 16, 2012 | Culture, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Miracles, Power, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
I have been around the Church-world for many years. I have seen lots of buzzwords enter the vocabulary of the Church. A current word in our ecclesiastical buzz-a-sphere is, “missional.” It’s not a bad word – it’s a good word. In using this word we...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 11, 2012 | Church, Faith, Future, Leadership, Transition
(The following letter was given to the congregation of Living Waters Church in Medford, Oregon, on Sunday, November 11, 2012, announcing a coming change in pastoral leadership that will take place in 2015.)...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 23, 2012 | Church, Faith, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Revelation
Today, there are many formulas floating around the American Church promising success. If you do this – that will happen. They don’t require much faith – you simply follow the formula and you will arrive at your spiritual Disneyland. Most of these so-called formulas...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 13, 2012 | Future, Hope, Leadership, Transition, Trust, Vision.
In the late 1980’s and early 90’s many pastors in America hung out in the business section of their local bookstore. In those aisles stuffed with business knowledge were books that drew their titles from subjects like swimming with sharks, searching for...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 9, 2012 | Faith, Family, Hope, Humility, Leadership, Love, Tranistion, Trust, Vision.
Thirty-one years ago I was a struggling young pastor. Jan and I, along with our two little children, left all that was known and familiar to us and journeyed north to Montana to plant a church. This was our first attempt at starting a church and our first...
