The largest category because it is the call of God upon my life to stimulate a church planting movement
Monday Discussion Thesis: Seminaries are not Structured to Deliver the Right Kind of Graduate for the Mission of the Church. Over the last almost 30 years, I have had the unspeakable privilege of lecturing, and teaching at three different seminaries. I am eternally grateful to God and to these institutions for the honor of having … More Leslie Newbigin’s Radical Insight Into Seminary Curricula
For Preaching Seven Things to Cultivate Know God. –Your people need to have a man of God in front of them. Why should the congregation listen to you if don’t know God better this week than last? Know the Text. –Your job is to study. Why should they spend their time listening if you have … More How to Keep Preaching from Destroying Your Soul
Church Planter: Here’s what I know about you … You want to change the world. You want to serve Jesus. You want to see his name exalted. You want to see the lost get found. You want to see lives transformed from darkness to light. I’m praying for you. I’m praying that the flame of … More Church Planter Character Quality: You have to Love Non-Christians
Absolutely fantastic, gracious, wise, humble and compelling response to John MacArthur’s concern about his (Darrin Patrick’s) book Church Planter. Available on a Kindle for only $2.99. If you are a church planter, go out, buy, and read Darrin’s book. UPDATE: For some reason, Darrin took down his original response from his website. The link that … More MacArthur vs Darrin Patrick: No Smoke Here, Just Love and Clarity
Monday Discussion “Suppose a newly planted first century congregation in Alexandria, Egypt wrote a letter to the apostles in Jerusalem.” So begins the first chapter of editor Steve Atkerson’s 2005 book, ekklesia: To the Root of Biblical House Church Life. He continues … Imagine that this church consisted of Jewish believers who had heard the … More Is Apostolic Tradition Obsolete?
By “most generous” I simply mean that this site sent a lot of people to my site. The site from which the third most blog hits came in from was Ed Stetzer at LifeWay Research. This was a surprise to me and I am honored. Ed is a friend and we are scheduled to teach … More Number 3 Most Generous Site – goes to Ed Stetzer’s Blog
Monday Discussion The temptation for many church planters is to trust more in their vision, personality or communication ability than in the power of the gospel, prayer or equipping the saints. The result can often be a quick start with lots of energy but an equally quick plateau and shallow disciples more dependent on … More Church Planter: Your Personality Isn’t Enough
Here’s an article that a former pastor’s wife passed on to me and said it might be helpful to the men I train. Treat your wife like a bride every day. True Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife Practical Counsel: We always required every new pastor hired to, as a first priority, gather a team of … More Church Planter: Take Care of Your Wife
Monday Discussion We don’t need to plant churches. We need to plant church-planting churches. We need to plant churches that replicate themselves as part of how they define health and obedience to Christ. As Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird write in Viral Churches: We want to lay the foundation for an out-of-control replication of new … More We Don’t Need to Plant Churches
Weekend Musings Sunday I leave for Schenectady, NY to train church planters at a conference with Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI). Usually, I teach the track associated with Churches Planting Churches but this time I will be teaching the Church Planting Essentials track. I’m excited about the opportunity to work with church planters and those … More Training Church Planters from the Northeast and Canada
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