The largest category because it is the call of God upon my life to stimulate a church planting movement
Here is a thoughtful article on small churches from Christianity Today. If you are a small church pastor or a small church member this article might give you much to praise God for and a few things to aspire to. When I taught in the seminary I often told my students that mega churches were … More Thoughtful Article on Small Churches
Imagine your community devastated by floods and a massive rock slide. Before the floods arrived it was already under stress from gang activity threatening the lives of everyone in the region. Imagine over 300 people killed, a similar number injured and more than 100 people still unaccounted for. Now let’s count up the destruction and … More How the Church Changes the World
The following is an account of Gospel victory among a distinct but small people group in the Philippines. Why is this important? Well, it is important for at least 5 reasons: Scripture says that heaven will be composed of peoples from every tribe and tongue (Rev. 14:6). All peoples are significant and need the gospel … More From the Cutting Edge of Church Planting
UPDATE: Terry Ivy is a cancer survivor, a husband, a father, a pastor a lover of Christ, an early “BLOG Friend”, and one who has become a dear friend and prayer warrior to me. Though we have only been together in person twice, we have been companions in heart and he is holds a cherished … More Sometimes People Hear the Gospel by Accident
Paul Becker is the founder and President of Dynamic Church Planting International, probably the most prolific and effective church planting ministry in the history of the church. When I was a young church planter Paul used the galleys of the book that eventually became Dynamic Church Planters Handbook to mentor me as a church planter. … More When a Knock on the Door Changes a Life Forever
On a morning when we woke up to yet another tragedy in Dallas, … On another morning when we were reminded that justice and peace are far from us, … On yet another day when our hope and confidence in the direction of our country has been shaken to the core, … Would you take … More Praise God with Me
This Thursday (May 12, 2016), I will appear on Dr. Mark Alan Williams podcast. Mark called to ask if he could interview me on two topics and the first of those interviews will be up on his website on the topic of One-to-One Discipleship this Thursday. I’ll let you know when the second interview will appear … More Podcast Coming
Look for a new post sometime today on the Five Resolves to Personal Revival. Until then, here’s a post from May of 2011 that suddenly has garnered a new following of visitors. That’s a good sign. Perhaps more church planters are getting truly serious about prayer. And please continue to pray for the controversial post I … More Key to Passionate Prayer: Up the Ante
Thursday is for Church Planting Ed Gross is a friend and fellow trainer of church planters. I saw a slightly shorter version of this on his FaceBook™ feed and asked him if I could post it here as a guest blog post. He agreed, after taking a day “to clean it up a bit.” The … More Stop Being Impressed with the Size of Churches (large or small)
I have been praying for workers to be sent into the harvest and this week got word that one of my former students is leaving youth ministry to plant his first church. Very exciting to see answered prayer. Here’s an article that I recommend to him and to all Christians, not just church planters, who … More How to Do Reconnaissance into the Neighborhood’s Soul
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