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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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