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How Churches Are Filling the Gaps in the “Last Mile of Need” Part 2
A New Approach to Feeding Hungry Families Local churches are innovatively taking the torch where others fall short and feeding the most food-insecure families. The Role of the Local Church Local churches have a unique ability to fill the gaps because they are in close...
How Churches Are Filling the Gaps in the “Last Mile of Need” Part 1
A New Approach to Feeding Hungry Families While each step of the supply chain is important, there is none more pressing than delivering through the “Last Mile of Need.” Due to the many challenges of the pandemic we know the health and economic impact of COVID-19 is...
She Reminds Me of You
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The Ministry of Incarnational Listening
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What Pastors Should Know About Stress
What is stress? Not that a pandemic is new in our history. Nor the emergence of many disasters at once an odd occurrence. War, plague, poverty, drought, fires, floods, and revolution, are nothing new. However, the American experience has had relative comfort in most...
What Kind of Foundation? Part 3
In times like these, we begin to realize how critical our foundations are. We all strive to value strong foundations all the time, but we all know that we struggle to put down strong foundations. It is often easy to build and grow and expand during the good times...
New Year, Renewed Church: How to Refresh Your Church in 2022
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There is Hope in Your Story
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Surrender is far from a widely embraced concept in our culture today. Surrender is the opposite of the independent “I can do it” attitude plaguing...
Why the Church Needs to Talk About Dating
A friend and I began planning an event for our church where unmarried men and women could mingle and get to know each other. The church’s leadership...
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About the President
Dave Wike is a family man. Serving pastors, and those who desire to do the same, became his calling over the last 20+ years. He and his wife Margie live in North Carolina. They have a son living overseas, and three daughters still at home. Dave enjoys writing instrumental guitar music, and plans to complete his Masters in Biblical Counseling. He’s also well aware he can do nothing good apart from the Holy Spirit.
Dave Wike
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