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
Great investment on why churches MUST multiply themselves if the world is to be reached for Christ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rTQpdyCFQ&feature=player_embedded#!
Wednesday is for Prayer What would happen if every believer, every born-again believer in Jesus Christ were to do just two things: Spend one hour praying. One hour alone with God, seeking His face, seeking His guidance, confessing sin, asking for strength and boldness to live for Him. Went out and consciously looked for an … More What Would Happen if …
Keep Me in Prayer Just a couple of quotes for now. Hope you can drop back in later for the Tuesday update. “Unless we are sure of our stating point, we can never chart a correct course to our goal. There is no alternative to the freedom and power of the truth.” —Richard Kriegbaum, Leadership … More In Arkansas for a Strategic Planning Time for North American Church Planting
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Monday is for Discussion Reality is a significant adrenalin rush when it smacks you in the face. Here’s reality on the US church planting scene. We are failing to reach our children with the gospel. Most believers never share the gospel with another person. Most churches (80%) are plateaued or declining. Most church plants grow … More Revive Us, Oh God
Saturday Musings My son and I had just finished playing a game of horse on our driveway. My shots where all of the immobile variety for a reason I will save until the end of this post. Down the street an ambulance, three police cars, and a fire truck arrived at my neighbor’s house six … More The Voice of God: “Just Show Up”
Quotes from My Weekend Reading One of the great small books of the last century. Not every thing in it is orthodox, and certainly not everything is of equal value, but for sheer weight of thoughtfulness on the implications of the gospel related to the issue of Christian community, Bonhoeffer is consistently challenging and helpful. … More Does Christian Community Exist?
