Church planter and Entrepreneur, Dave Foster, hit it out of the park on this article. It’s true for everything you start in life!
Archive for May, 2008
I like what Brian Bloye calls church planters; the wild boys! In other words, they are, indeed, a group of people who have renegade faith, no sense of danger, reckless abandon, lay it all on the line, do or die tenacity, go for it risk-taking, the miraculous, and “just do it” mental toughness!!! With the [...]
The sister of Maria Chapman, Steven Curtis Chapman’s daughters, wrote a heart-wrenching note to her little sister and was read by Steven during the funeral on Saturday. The whole article is right here.
The Whiteboard Sessions Conference in Virginia was out of this world! There is a whole new world of great leaders and church planters out there that are completely sold out to Kingdom work. I’ve got to tell you, it is absolutely refreshing! God is doing a new thing among many. You can find a lot of [...]
MARIA SUE CHAPMAN, DAUGHTER OF STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN, DIES IN ACCIDENT AT FAMILY HOME At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Wednesday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter to Steven and Mary Beth Chapman was struck in the driveway of the Chapman home in Franklin, TN. Maria was rushed [...]
Sprung Structures are a fabulous way to have a permanent building for $25-$55 a square foot. Some of them can be up in less than four months. They can also be moved if you ever need to relocate.
The inspiration continues! Church planting can take place anytime, anywhere, and anyplace God calls. It doesn’t matter your age, your race, or your style of church. If you listen to God’s voice and obey it, then doors open. This is another example and motivation for us as planters.
D.A. Carson, has some fabulous principles and insight into 21st Century communication as pastors. I am listing his four recommendations for shifting our thinking and preaching processes. He mentions that there could be many more. The entire article is worth the read right here: 1. It has become more difficult to get across what the [...]
I’m a big believer in reinventing our churches and ourselves as we progress through life. Oftentimes, we sense the need, but just don’t know how. We may find that our ministry plateaus and our lives are stale, but we have not lost the “dream.” The progression is that we have had a lot of success as [...]
Make sure you don’t preach an “ought-to” without a “how-to.”
