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Selling our home and moving to a new community to start a church seemed like such a huge risk.
Pulling out of the routine was an incredible emotional obstacle. My oldest daughter was a budding gymnast and was in a great gym, just a few blocks from our house. She was [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Reflections on Planting (part 2)
Posted in Church Planting on August 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Relevance
Posted in Church Planting on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to participate in TeAmerica’s Church Planting Assessment Center as an assessor. TeAmerica is the church planting ministry of the Baptist General Conference and these assessment centers are held about 10 times at year at the Green Lake Conference Center.
One of the tasks the church planting [...]
Little Altars Everywhere
Posted in Church Growth on August 18, 2007 | No Comments »
In the era of big-box churches, small, multicultural congregations that focus on serving those in need in their neighborhoods are growing quickly.
By Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune
Message for Church-Planters
Posted in BGC, Church Planting on August 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What did Jesus mean when he said, “I will build my church”? Watch or listen to John Piper’s 13-minute welcome to church-planters that was shown at the Global Church Advancement seminar at Bethlehem this past July.
Jesus never said, “I will build my social service agency.”
He never said, “I will build my parachurch ministry.”
He never said, [...]
Life in the Neighborhood
Posted in Motivation on August 15, 2007 | No Comments »
This beautiful poster from Emerging Grace speaks volumes to me about church planting. It expresses why we are passionate about creating communities of Christ followers. He takes us to places just like this to bring His healing touch. The caption is from Eugene Perterson’s translation of John.
Urban Church Planting
Posted in Church Planting on August 13, 2007 | No Comments »
As we look to plant churches in small cities around Northern and Central Minnesota, there are some unique differences but some very real similarities with the ideas in this video.
What I wish I could tell every worship leader…
Posted in Staff on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
by: Shawn Lovejoy
Don’t just worship. Lead people in worship. Work on keeping your eyes OPEN more and making eye contact with the people. DRAW them into worship. THAT’S a worship leader’s role.
Think through the language you use. Don’t feel like you have use “Christianeese” words like “magnify,” “exalt,” “glorify,” and “sanctify” to lead worship. [...]
Barriers to Church Growth
Posted in Church Growth on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was reading a pastor from “down under” (Mark Edwards) today and thought some barriers his blog underscored were note worthy.
It seemed to me that the number one limiting factor on this list is either the pastor or things that the pastor can control. I find that incredibly important because in my experience I [...]
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