Magazine Articles

Pioneer Christian Monthly was the magazine of the Reformed Church in Canada. 

For several years I had been asked to write including the following (click on the underlined text):

Murray&Carol in 1976

Most of these articles were written in the context of planting New Life Community Church, Burnaby, BC and reflect the learnings of that period. 

New Life Community, Burnaby B.C. - (Church in Canada) 1978
Small Group Study - (Small Groups) 1979
Summer Camping Experiences in Classis Cascade - (Ministries) 1981
Community Building Retreats - (Ideas That Work) 1981
What The Lord Can Do - (Poverty) 1981
Unity or Togetherness? - with Carol Moerman (Family) 1983
Biblical Convictions - (Focusing On Church Growth) 1983
Worshipping the Father - (Worship) 1983
"Types Of Church Growth" - (Church Growth) 1983
Training For Personal Evangelism - (Evangelism) 1984
Facing up to Ethnicity. Boon or Barrier? - (Church Growth) 1984
The Web of Friendship Focusing On Church Growth - (Church Growth) 1984
Staffing for Church Growth (Part 11) - (Focusing On Church Growth) 1984
Staffing for Church Growth (Part 1) - (Church Growth) 1984
Budgeting For Church Growth - (Focusing on Church Growth) 1984
Advertising (Part 2) - (Focusing on Church Growth) 1984
Focusing On Church Growth Advertising (Part 1) - (Church Growth) 1984
Focusing On Church Growth - Perseverance - (Church Growth) 1984
Building for Church Growth - (Church Growth) 1984
Locating For Growth - (Church Growth) 1985
Can a "Reformed" Church Be a "Community" Church? - (Church Growth) 1985
"The House Church" - (Church Growth) 1985
Youth Ministry - (Focusing on Church Growth) 1985
Focusing On Church Growth: Goal Setting & Planning Pt II - (Church Growth) 1985
"Your Philosophy of Ministry" - (Church Growth) 1985
"Your Philosophy of Ministry" - (Church Growth) 1985
Goal-Setting and Planning - (Focusing on Church Growth) 1985
Youth Ministry Part 2 - (Focusing on Church Growth) 1985
Focusing on Church Growth - (Leadership Training) 1985
Learning to Think Like an Unbeliever - Door to Door - Pt 1 - (Church Growth) 1986
Prayer For Reapers - (Meditation) 1987
Learning from Experience -If I Were to Plant Church Again - (Church Growth) 1987
A Matter of Leadership Style - Part Two - (Leadership) 1987
Newcomer Assimilation -Part II - (Church Growth) 1987
Stimulating Lay Ministry - (Focusing On Church Growth) 1987
The Work that Endures - (Work of a Christian) 1988
Prayer and Church Growth - (Church Growth) 1989
Focusing On Church Growth: Church Planting Research - (Church Growth) 1989
Abortion and Civil Disobedience - (Abortion) 1989
A Mandate For Growth - (Church Growth) 1990
Ideas That Work: Entertaining With a Purpose - (Evangelism) 1991
As I See It - We Need A Counterculture Church - (Church In Canada) 1991
Sharing The Gospel and Methods of Ministry in the Ukraine - (Missions) 1992
The Challenge of Relevance Without Compromise - (Relevancy) 1992
Lay People Can Plant Churches - (Church Growth) 1997