Today was the first meeting of the what I am calling the Church Planting Rebel ONE mentor group. These men have some great stories to tell and great hearts for God. In the coming weeks you will hear more about them both here on the blog, and if you are on our partner in ministry … More Prayer for Men Who Want to Change the World
I’m jumping gun on Wednesday’s post because today I am having my first meeting with “Rebel ONE”. Seven men who are in a mentor group for church planters God has given me the privilege to lead. Today, would you pray for these men, that God will give them increasing passion for Himself, His plan for … More Prayer Changes Everything
I love these new leaders that God is raising up to change the world. Watch these video’s and do something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTPIkfa5J8&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEf1RnHg0Pg
Monday is for Discussion “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 What the text says: Jesus promises the Spirit to those who have believed Jesus says … More Irritating Implications of Favorite Scriptures
Recently I have been reading a few books that are filling my head with ideas about the challenges of living out Christian community anywhere. The Wisdom of Stability Life Together (I read this one once a year) The Big Sort Simple Church All of them are well written. They are from all over the political … More More Musings on the Possibility of Christian Community
Prayer is no small weapon. And there is the possibility that Christians will need to wield it with great passion if a looming food problem hits in the next few years. Now is the time to begin to live more simply so that we have the resources to help the world as a powerful witness … More How Will Christians Respond to a World Food Crisis?
My wife is a 3G woman—godly, gorgeous and goofy. All the things that I could ever want in a woman are wrapped up in the wonder of who she is. Here’s something she just passed on to me from her reading this weekend. We need more hearts like Tozer and my wife for the worship … More Another Reason I Love My Wife
A plea for existing churches to be Kingdom minded rather than fiefdom focused on the narrow interests of their shrinking congregations. My brothers, your congregation will grow when you begin to pray for workers and send some from you to plant other churches for the glory of God. Quotes from my weekend reading “The only … More Exisiting Churches: “Stop dragging your feet on church planting”
Got back last night from a 3 day meeting in Arkansas of the Dynamic Church Planting International North American World Zone Leadership team. It was a time of prayer, fellowship and strategic planning for the task playing a strategic role in the planting of 700,000 churches over the next 40 years that missiologists are saying … More National Strategy Session for North American Church Planting
Monday is for Discipleship Here’s my take on why the substitution of the term “spiritual formation” for “discipleship” is not an improvement and actually exacerbates a problem the Church in America already had with the term discipleship. If we were to survey most American Churches and ask what we mean by discipleship or spiritual formation, … More Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship
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