While many ministries have been slow to adopt modern communications technology, Internet broadcast e-mail can be a low cost and effective way to keep in touch with donors and friends. More than 1 billion e-mail messages are sent each day. E-mail is replacing the fax machine in most business communic...

I have been consulting with Christian ministries since 1981. Since then, I have served well over 1,000 different ministry organizations, in a number of countries.Some of the hardest working servants in the kingdom today are directors of pregnancy centers throughout the USA and Canada. They write, sp...

The annual pregnancy center banquet serves as a major focus for financial support of the center. Pregnancy help centers are discovering that a very effective way of raising money to help them convert their operations to medical clinic status is through a banquet featuring a live ultrasound demonstra...

PHOTOS BY TERRY WILD STUDIOSOne of the leading reasons for "burn out" in pregnancy care centers and post-abortion ministries is the discouragement that results when clients abort despite understanding the reality of this choice. They may have a hardened heart or feel they are facing impossible circu...

PHOTOS BY TERRY WILD STUDIOSSnow fell lightly. Myra stared through the picture window, watching itblanket a frozen earth. It's not fair! Why? I was careful... I was on the pill...This wasn't supposed to happen. She couldn't quiet her thoughts.Do Mario and Josie really want him? What if they are crue...

Breaking the cycle of poor choices and resulting consequences requires more than behavioral modification; it requires changed lives. In our work with over 300 CPCs, Lifehelp's goal is to help CPCs more effectively minister to their clients and assist in "changing lives from the inside out." Recently...

The consequences of abortion have far-reaching effects, not only for the baby, but also for the others involved in the abortion. One of the saddest cases I can recall in my counseling career was an aborted baby's grandmother. Her name was Dottie. She was such a sweet lady. I know she would have been...

Those who have learned the basics make the great plays in baseball. Great living for Christ begins with the basics too. When Paul desires to "present everyone perfect in Christ," he describes that perfect or complete life as follows: "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to l...