Help For The PastorDear Pastor; You have one of the most challenging, frustrating, but potentially rewarding “jobs” on the planet. It is our belief that the local church is the key to releasing God’s purposes in our communities and nations. Strong churches build strong families and Godly governments. It is our desire at The Joshua Club [www.joshua-club.com, www.free-bible-study-lessons.com, www.calebs-choice.com, www.learn-to-read-prince-george.com] to help you. How can we be of help? Honestly, in many areas we cannot. Being a Pastor requires multitasking at a high level; however, in the specific area of teaching we may be able to assist. Below is a list of the ways we may be able to help. 1. Our inexpensive Joshua Club License allows you to duplicate any of our courses as many times as you need to for your own teaching needs as well as having access to a growing number of exclusive special features. Some courses are free, some have a cost. In the case of a course with a cost, you pay the cost once [with a 10% License discount] and then reproduce it as often as you need to while maintaining your License. 2. Our free Feed Yourself course trains people in 20 lessons in the basics of how to study the Bible for themselves. As a pastor you know it is vital that Christians know how to study the Bible for themselves. With a JC License you can duplicate it and run it as a course in your local church OR you can be totally hands-free, cost-free and simply recommend people take the course through our site. Build your people by training them to study the Word of God. 3. We are currently developing an e-mail course called Rock Solid. This course will take students through the basics of Christianity covering everything from Who God Is to Biblical Financial Principles, from What Sin Is to The Second Coming, From Marriage Principles to Who Are Angels, and more. They will be guided through studying these subjects in the Bible for themselves. Again, with a JC License, this course will be able to be run as a course in your local church where you can easily note any areas of disagreement OR you can be totally hands-free, cost-free and simply recommend people take the course through our site [when it becomes available]. 4. Christians should be learning all the time. We have courses which will challenge everyone from New Christians to Mature Christians. You, or your designate, can teach them in your church or simply recommend them to interested persons. [Many of our courses were developed by retired Pastor LeRoy Davis.] 5. Our Caleb’s Choice DVD Club carries inspirational DVDs and CDs [as well as family entertainment] to help encourage and build you and your church. Let your youth be inspired with DVDs from Voice Of The Martyrs, educated with Answers In Genesis, or encouraged with films on the lives of Bonhoeffer, Nightingale and others. We will expand our selection as we grow our membership. 6. Challenge your youth or young adults with the Genesis Treasure Hunt. Let them search the book of Genesis to discover the answers to 100 questions as they move from page to page to reach the final treasure page. 7. As a pastor, if you would like your church listed in our free Church Directory just approve the Statement of Faith and fill out the form. Any of our readers who are visiting or moving to your area will know your church is there. Note: A listing in our directory does not mean you agree with everything on our site, simply that you agree with the Statement of Faith. 8. Many people struggle with reading English. One of the reasons people want to read is to read the Bible for themselves. Without that ability they must depend only on what others tell them. We can teach our Learn To Read program over the Internet [not free, unfortunately]. The average non-reader or poor reader can learn to read with 30 - 60 hours of instruction even if they have failed with other reading programs. God bless,
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