Whether you're a small church pastor or have a team, come join us and find out how you can make your December worship moments memorable, simple and affordable! Just come to the LifeWayWorship.com homepage or this post for the link to the webinar. No pre-registration required, and it's absolutely FREE!

@Maurilio Amorim shares his perspective on what, when and how you should plan an outreach-centered Christmas celebration at your church.

The first thing might be something you have only thought about from a "who can be there to help lead" perspective. LifeWayWorship.com can certainly help with the second thing... but has the third thing even crossed your mind?

Originally posted at MaurilioAmorim.com.

On the homepage of LifeWayWorship.com this week, we've got a quick, five question survey about some of the new features we've rolled out at the site. Let us know your thoughts, and we'll enter you in a drawing for a LifeWay gift card worth $50!

Also, be on the lookout for a very special offer this week... you won't want to miss it!

SPECIAL! HELD OVER ONE DAY ONLY! At LifeWayWorship.com, we now have SuperCharts available for every song from Chris Tomlin's new release And If Our God Is for Us... and, thanks to our friends at WorshipTogether.com we have two very special offers:

Offer #1

Offer #2

You can start using these new worship songs this week, but be sure to get these songs into your media library today... this FREE offer is a limited time offer!

SuperCharts give you every song in all 12 keys so that when you plan your worship service, you're not bound by the key the song came in. You can smoothly transition from one song to the next by picking closely-related keys, no matter the original. If you like to introduce songs to your congregation as solos or instrumentals, pick the key that fits that need the best. If you want your congregation to be comfortable singing, we've suggested a key for each song that fits the widest variety of voices. Combine that with additional band instructions, added harmony parts, well-marked sections and the right notes, right rhythms and right chords, and you find out what makes SuperCharts so super.

Mark your calendar for November 16 to come back to LifeWayWorship.com for a very special offer on the day of the new release... and for one day only!

Now available - every chart from the new Gateway Worship album God Be Praised. You know the songs that have come from this ministry like Revelation Song, No Sweeter Name, and Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King. Now, fifteen new songs are available for you to download in SuperChart form. SuperCharts give you each song in all 12 keys, with suggested instructions for your band, harmony parts for your singers, and a place where you can type right into the chart before you print so you can give additional instructions to your team.

The new titles from God Be Praised include God Is With Us Now, Praise Him, Victory, Stay Amazed, O for A Thousand (Hallelujah), O the Blood, One Single Drop, By the Grace of God, Praise is the Offering, How to Worship a King, Glorify You Alone, I Hear the Lord Passing By, Faithful God, You Are for Me, and the title song God Be Praised.

Read personal reviews of the new songs at newreleasetuesday.com.

Download two Supercharts free TODAY with the promo code GATEWAY (expires 11/10/10.)

Are We there Yet (Music Video) from imbConnecting on Vimeo.

When it comes to reaching a lost world for Christ, some may wonder how far we've come and how much farther to go.

Today, we can identify the people groups that remain untouched by the Gospel. For the first time, it is conceivable that all people groups can be reached in the coming years with a Gospel presence. According to IMB's 2009 statistical data* there were 506,019 baptisms, 204,192 churches. Church membership overseas was at 10.7 million, and there were 24,650 new churches.

Yes, there is still a long way to go, but progress is being made every day.

Now is the time to also take a fresh look at the challenges ahead and be ready to finish the task. With 45,560 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, there is much work to be done.
Here's a global snapshot of the work ahead of us:

* 4,743 people groups are not engaged at all with the Gospel
* 6,426 unreached people groups (those with less than 2 percent of people who profess to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ)
* 1.7 billion with little or no access to the Gospel
* 1.5 billion Muslims - 22 percent of the world's population
* 950 million Hindus in the world
* Christian witness among China cities less than 1 percent
* 3 percent evangelical believers among Ethiopia's 82 million people
* 355 million in South America do not know Christ
* Less than 1 percent Christian among more than 270 million living in the Central Asia region
* 650,000 Lezghi in the Causcasus Mountains fear evil spirits
* 97 percent of all Palestinians are Muslim
* 89 percent of North African and Middle Eastern people groups are unreached
* 311 people groups in India have no known evangelical believers
* Only 1,600 believers among 1.6 million Muong of Northern Vietnam

A little overwhelming isn't it?

The task is doable, but it will take all of us - our churches, our missionaries, our national partners, our Great Commission partners.

Are we there yet? Not quite. But we're on our way.

Find out more at IMB.org

If you are having a mission emphasis at your church this December, this song is for you!

LifeWay Worship, in cooperation with the International Mission Board, is making available to you charts and tracks for the new mission song "Are We There Yet?" Rick Heil of SONICFLOOd was inspired to write this amazing song during trips to areas of the world where there are still unreached people for Christ. This song is our gift, Rick's the IMB's and LifeWay's, to help you inspire your congregation to connect, grow, serve and go to help spread the soul-saving message of the Gospel to make disciples of all nations.