When friends ask me how I wound up doing what I do in ministry, I tell them I got my dream job at twenty-six. Actually, I was still twenty-five and the Pastor to Single Adults at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, when the initial call came. I was seriously considering planting a church in […]
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I think for most of my life as a Christian there has been a strong chorus of voices championing one-on-one discipleship. The idea is that an individual (Person A) helps another individual (Person B) grow in the faith for a certain period of time. Once Person B has matured to a certain degree, he or
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It’s easy to spiritualize what the local church does in such a way that preaching, small groups, and the visible signs of ministry get the most attention while other things, administration for example, often gets relegated to the “just do something with it” pile. However, I would counter that how you structure your ministry can
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