About 300,000 people die every day in the world. About 7,000 in the US. That’s about 290 per hour. 27 people die in...
Phil Spry
Phil graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, where his major was evangelism. He and his wife, Toni have planted eight new churches. Collective morning attendance is about 7,000 people. Today the Sprys make their home in eastern North Carolina where Phil pastors a another new church. Read More About Phil Spry At His Author Page
Phil Spry Posts
Focus On The Main Thing
When Toni and I were newly married (1965) we bought our first car for $115. It was a 1959 Ford with about 70,000 miles...
The Seven Deadly Days
So you're on the launch pad... Pre-Easter is the most popular time of the year to launch a new church. I'm not sure...
By Grace Alone…
Nearly everyone is looking for the magic bullet that will propel their ministry into visible significance. Most of...
Go for the Geezers!
Donald Rumsfeld has written a book called Rumsfeld’s Rules. In it he notes that the most dangerous people are those...
The Type Of Person Not Right For Your Church Plant
We fishers of men are the only fishermen who don’t throw any back. At least not normally… We once had a waterfront...
Have Christians In America Lost Their Way?
“I believe it is a fact generally admitted that there is much less conscience manifested, by men and women, in nearly...
In Light of the New Catholic Pope
I belong to the third largest denomination in America – former Roman Catholics. We RCs are hard nuts to crack. Ask...
The Deadliest Day…
A while back I shared with you the seven most poorly attended Sundays of the year. If you’ve been around for a while...
Fighting The Smart Fight
There was a time when an army setting off to war had to have complex lines of supply to refurbish food, fuel,...
Holy Ground
Many Shia Muslims have an interesting habit regarding prayer. They believe some locations to be more “holy” than...
A Strategy For Priority…
In 1980 I was a senior at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and took my winter break to travel around the country...