We are getting closer to the April 5, 2009 launch of The Origin Church! We are in key strategic planning sessions today and tonight and would appreciate your prayers. You can be a part! Obviously, we have a $76,000 launch catalog need, but we also have a smaller needs list below, if you can help: [...]
Archive for January, 2009
75 Days Away- Mark Your Calendars Today!
Posted: January 19, 2009 in PortabilityTags: Launch, needs list, origin church
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The Power of Persistence I came across a fascinating study this week. Can’t stop thinking about it. Priscilla Blinco did a study involving Japanese and Americanfirst graders. She gave them a very difficult puzzle to solve. The American children lasted, on average, 9.47 minutes. The Japanese children lasted 13.93 minutes or 40% longer. Any one want to guess who has higher scores on standardized math [...]
Fabricated Followers of Christ
Posted: January 15, 2009 in LeadershipTags: fakes, frauds, people pleasers
Psychologically, did you know that most people have a belief system that someone else gave them? In other words, they were programmed in such a way, good or bad, that as they grow, they just practice other peoples’ personal convictions (I could give you a list) out of habit and because of what others will [...]
Oftentimes church and church people are so judgmental. I’m one of those that has been around church all my life, but have been rarely impressed. I can even remember when I was younger and going, I was often bored to death. I knew there had to be the real, authentic, and transparent Christ-followers and churches [...]
That’s exactly what University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer said after the BCS championship; “We may borrow a page from Oklahoma’s offense.” That’s exactly what we do in the ministry as leaders; I’ve done it all my life! I’m still working hard putting all the ingredients together that will result in the best formula [...]
We’ve been doing a ton of preparation since July to get ready for the launch of Origin Church in Ringgold, GA-Chattanooga, TN! We’re getting there. We should have some final timelines in the coming days to announce. We’re doing three things right now: We are still building up our launch team (join here) Hosting regular [...]
Launch Meeting Last Night
Posted: January 13, 2009 in LaunchTags: chattanooga, georgia, Launch, meeting, ringgold, tenneessee
You guys that have yet to join our launch team are missing one great community of people! It is a diverse group and an authentic group that God has and is putting together to launch Origin Church. We still need you to join our team and be a part of this great movement and initiative [...]
I want to send out a big “hats off” to Shaun King of The Courageous Church in downtown Atlanta for an “out of the box,” and stellar beginning. He had close to 700 people at his grand opening at Centerstage in Atlantic Station. Appreciation, to you Shaun, for recognizing our presence. Our guys loved you [...]
We have been working on the launch of a new church for 17 months. Our team is projecting an April launch which would have been a total of 20 months of preparation. God has been good! We have a GREAT group of launch team coming together (love these people), a place to meet, a capable [...]
History Of The “Come-Forward” Invitation
Posted: January 12, 2009 in Evangelism, UncategorizedTags: charles finney, come forward invitations
We know that people didn’t walk the aisles of the churches in the first 300 years of the church because there were no church buildings – so there were no aisles. There is debate over the exact origins of the practice, but most do agree that it came into prominence in the late 1830’s under [...]
