SEVEN MINUTE SEMINARY
Video Archive
Fundraising Strategies for Churches
Watch this Seven Minute Seminary video by William Chaney of Path1 ministries as he shares three steps to launching a fundraising campaign and understanding those who want to give to your church plant.
The Meaning of Biblical Miracles
In the Gospels, Jesus performs many miracles that are sometimes called signs. In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Craig Keener explains their significance.
Creating Multiplying Church-Planting Movements
In today’s Seven Minute Seminary video, Ric Thorpe shares how the Church of England transitioned toward a multiplying church-planting movement that has, from the outset, the intention of planting churches that are reproducing themselves.
Discipleship in a Digital Age of Biblical Illiteracy
Many consider the 21st century to present a unique set of challenges to Christian evangelism and discipleship. But rather than lament the state of digital culture and biblical illiteracy, we can learn to how reach our communities in fresh ways.
How Does the Gospel Still Work in the West?
In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Steve Addison challenges our notions of mission and points us to a simpler way of obedience to Jesus and his Great Commission.
What is the Church? Blessed, Broken, and Given
What if the table might best describe the life of the church as well as its worship? Watch this Seven Minute Seminary by Glenn Packiam to find out more.
Holistic Ministry Includes Evangelism and Compassion
Watch today’s Seven Minute Seminary by Dr. Matt Friedeman to learn more about the significance of holistic ministry.
Simple Strategy for Reaching and Making New Disciples
In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Iosmar Alvarez shares a five step strategy that can be implemented to effectively move new believers into authentic followers of Jesus.
What Christian Politics Should Look Like
In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Stephen Backhouse uses the hymn found in Philippians 2 to cast a vision for how Christian leaders and politicians should use their influence.
The Gospel Is About Making Grown-up Christians
In today’s Seven Minute Seminary video, Steve Rankin shares a vision for Christian discipleship that moves us beyond believing the right doctrines and engaging the right disciplines, and reaches far into our human dispositions.
Who Was John Calvin the Reformer?
Who was John Calvin the Reformer? In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Scott Kisker offers a helpful sketch of the influential and controversial figure John Calvin.
The Spirit World and Our Mistaken Dualism
The Western church has tended to neglect the biblical reality of spirits and spiritual warfare. In this Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Sue Russell uses personal stories to challenge the mistaken dualism that divides the spiritual and physical in our worldview.
Creating a Multiplying Discipleship Culture
In this Seven Minute Seminary, Bishop Ric Thorpe encourages the church to take the Great Commission seriously and to not neglect the key ingredient of passing down these instructions to those we are discipling (2 Timothy 2:2).
Faith Lessons from Counter-Cultural Christian Martyrs
Watch this Seven Minute Seminary by Dr. Jackson Lashier as he explains how the lives of Christian martyrs are instructive for disciples of Jesus today.
Three Ways to Understand the Purpose of Worship
In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Rev. Glenn Packiam shares three paradigms for understanding congregational worship: 1) Encounter, 2) Formation, 3) Mission.
The Power of the Gospel and the Kingdom of God
Missing from the church’s gospel today is the central theme of the kingdom of God. In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Rica McRoy shares both the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in God’s heavenly kingdom.
The Birth of the Band Meeting
The band meeting was a form of discipleship that helped small groups of men and women practice intense vulnerability and confession of sin together. Watch this Seven Minute Seminary video by Dr. Scott Kisker as he traces the history of this powerful spiritual discipline.
King Cyrus: An Unlikely Father of the Reformation
In surprising ways, what king Cyrus helped do served as a model for the Protestant Reformation, 2,000 years later.