This past weekend I attended a conference in Austin. Like most evangelical events, the speakers were popular authors or pastors (or both) who shared with the masses their stories, learnings and convictions. And like most evangelical conferences, there were those who were somewhat star-struck by the speakers. And why shouldn’t they be? Many of them [...]
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Yes, I’ve been away from the blog for a bit. The beginning of the fall is always a pretty packed schedule for me. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve…
Seen my church transition going from two weekly services to one, with a change in strategy to boot
Formatted Bible studies for small groups in order for [...]
I’m in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, spending time with Jeff Lawrence, a good friend of mine who happens to be a new church planter at Chatham Community Church. I flew out Thursday to help him in any fashion I could because church-planting, no matter how talented you are, is a major hill to climb. Even [...]
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While I am looking forward to the fun times to be had this summer (preaching in North Carolina, trip to Texas Hill Country with my college buddies, 20-year high school reunion, etc.), it is September that has really got me jazzed. On the 15th and 16th of that month my church will be hosting a [...]
No matter where you are on the church-model spectrum few would argue that growing a congregation is something most church planters keep their eyes on. From your initial “public service” to the attendance ebb and flow of the year, emotions (and unfortunately esteem and worth) can easily rise and fall with how many more plastic, [...]
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