Wednesday is for Prayer Whether your church is new or old, organic or traditional, large or small, whether it meets in a building or a house, in a community center or under a tree, if your location is anywhere in North America, these six things are true about your congregation (and mine): We are not … More Six Truths about Organic and Traditional Churches
Tuesday Discussion Live passionately for and like Jesus. Living passionately for and like Jesus. Training men and women to live passionately for and like Jesus. Planting churches that plant churches filled with people living passionately for and like Jesus. These are the phrases that have dominated my thinking, studying, preaching, teaching, and living for the … More Living Passionately For and Like Jesus isn’t Very Popular
Sunday Musings In January, we will begin a new challenge for the church to read through the Bible in a year. This is so important. It is important because . . . the law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm 19:7) there is a famine for the word of God In my email today there … More Thinking about the New Year and Biblical Illiteracy
Wednesday is for Prayer Christianity Today reports that 20% of non-Christians in the United States and Canada (at a minimum 13.5 million people) say they do not ‘personally know’ any Christians. —Christianity Today, p. 17, October 2013 Two thoughts: If that doesn’t break your heart, repent and pray that it would. If that does break … More Are You a Disciple? Let’s Pray that Way.
Sunday Musings “When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.” —Acts 13:48-49 Qualities of a Successful Church Plant A growing number of Gentiles glorifying … More Two Qualities of a Successful Church
Thursday is for Discipleship Can a person be a good Christian and not be highly committed to Christ and his church? NO! There, I said it! However, if you cross out good, you could say a person can be a mediocre, disobedient, lousy, stagnant Christian and not be … More High Commitment in a Low Commitment World
There are certain things in life that are unwise to enter into without a lot of thought and prayer—marriage, job changes, choosing a college, starting a family—these are the kind of things that need a lot of thought. Outreach to your neighbors, generally, falls into another category. The category of “things done in the spur … More Don’t Over Think Your Outreach
Thursday is for Church Planting [Note: This particular post is now out of date but you can find more conferences and training opportunities at DCPI.org.] Dynamic Church Planting International is the most prolific and effective church planting organization around the world. Here’s a list of their upcoming training around the world. Anything I can do … More Most Prolific and Effective Church Planting Training Around the World
Friday is for Reflection Spent the day consulting with a church staff in Bloomington, IL helping them think through some thorny issues related to the direction of their church. Came back this evening to read the following quote from Rick Howerton on Facebook from my friend Miguel Labrador in the cloud forest of Ecuador. Rick … More Down with Churches as Country Clubs
Monday is for Discussion Questions and Suggestions. “Exegete” the video. What is the point? How does it relate to your church? What are you going to do about it? Update Tuesday: Link now reflects final edits. Update Wednesday: There was a farming accident in the community resulting in a death and we felt that the … More The Sickness of the American Church
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