Welcome to Share
the Vision Ministries!
SHARE
THE VISION MINISTRIES was
founded in 1989 by Joshua A. McClure, Senior Pastor, Pleasant Street Baptist
Church, Westerly, Rhode Island. Joshua McClure is widely known as an
Author, Speaker, Christian educator, Retreat facilitator, and workshop leader.
Throughout this site you will find the writings of author Joshua A. McClure and
view the many the wonderful products created to strengthen the Christian
community.
Transform Your Church and Ministry
 MISSION
The mission of STVM
is to equip Pastors, Church leaders, Christian Education directors, and Teachers
with dynamic, Bible based, Spirit inspired, Christian Education resource
materials to transform and grow people into a deeper life changing relationship
with Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of God.
VISION
This site is dedicated to those who desire a vision of God’s heart for his church. Vital alive churches manifest vision. Stagnating, dying churches lack vision.
God has been the life and hope of the church since its Spirit birth at Pentecost but somehow its flame and fire and vitality have been lost to simmering intellectual ash. It might even be said that today, we closely resemble the period of the prophet Samuel where the writer reveals, “Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.”
[1 Samuel 3:1b NLT]
However, God still gives vision to church leaders who are open to hear. Vision is the way back to the flame, zeal, and power of the early church.
 Prayer for Spiritual Empowering
“When I think of the wisdom and scope of God’s plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.
May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.
[Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT]
Please take a moment and view our "Transformations"
section for more information on materials to strengthen your ministry. You will
also find a few "Reflections" from the community.
 ALMOST
PERSUADED, Now to
believe (Book)
by
Joshua A. McClure
13 tenets of the Christian faith made easy. What do we believe by
faith? What do we know to be true from God’s word? Here
Joshua McClure reveals what the Christian life really looks like.
Listen
to the author speak about the book.
Foreword for “Almost Persuaded, Now to believe” was written by Dr. Donald
Anderson
Do you suspect that there is more to the Christian life than what you've
experienced? What keeps you from living such a life? In Almost Persuaded, Now
to Believe, Joshua A. McClure unveils what the spiritual life really looks
like. McClure shares the gospel message in everyday language that all may come
to understanding. His treatment of the basic tenets of the Christian faith is
clear, cogent, and moving, and will set a fire burning in your heart to
experience 'the wonderful things God has freely given us.'
Discover
with Pastor McClure the Good News of Almost Persuaded, Now to Believe,
and experience transforming and a spiritual vigor in the heart—sense the love
of God strong enough to rekindle sagging spirits—find the way to new spiritual
vitality in your life. Detect the secrets of living in God's Kingdom today. And
be truly blessed as, "his Spirit searches out everything and shows us even
God's deep secrets." More details on the book and
the companion learning system can be found here.
Can These Bones Live?
The Miraculous Story of What can Happen to a Church that Follows God's Vision
by Joshua A. McClure
Foreword for “Can These Bones Live” was written by W. Franklyn Richardson
"Is time running out on many churches today? Does the alarming and
depressing knell of church doors closing foreshadow the inevitable demise of the
contemporary church? In his new book Can These Bones Live?, author Joshua A.
McClure addresses the serious problem of the thousands of stagnant, declining,
churches in North America.
Pastor McClure writes with passion and verve in recounting the miraculous story
of what can happen to any congregation willing to (re) discover its first love.
With eloquence and unfettered conviction, McClure reminds his readers that
today's church can once again be as vibrant, pulsating and energetic as the
early church. Can These Bones Live? should be required reading. God's
affirmative answer for today is, "Yes! These bones can become living
persons again." Click here to read
the first 20 pages.
View our line
of pastoral aids and books here.
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