For years, we have dealt with this problem in our church plants. Â It's always difficult for a male to tell the women...
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
Surviving Tough Decisions
In the middle 1800s Samuel Plimsoll was known as the friend of sailors. Â He was responsible for the painted lines we...
Does It Get Any Better Than Free?
One common denominator in each of our eight church plants has been the age of the people who came.  In one church...
Taking The Hard Road…
We church planters are an opportunistic lot… So much so that many growing communities are overrun with new churches. ...
The Cart Before the Horse…
Mark Wilson has written a compelling book entitled, “Filled Up, Poured Out: How God's Spirit Can Revive Your Passion...
How Did We Get Here?
After seven cancer surgeries and two heart attacks - I’m an old man who has nothing to lose by speaking his mind. It...
The Church Planter’s Post Easter Blues…
Pre Easter is the most popular time of the year to launch a new church.  I'm not sure why it has become so, but many...
Dummy Domains For Smart Churches
If your church website’s domain name is, www.ChurchOfTheGoodShepherdOfTheHillsInBakersfield.com, you’ve got a...
The Church Planting Super Site Is Here!
A new tool is now available to church planters. Go to www.churchplantingsupersite.com and see for yourself. When I...
Without Vision The People Perish
African gazelles can jump over a ten foot fence, but they can be contained at a zoo behind a six foot wall. You see,...
Are You A Failure?
Fifty years ago the Mattel Toy Co. introduced the Barbie Doll for young girls. Â Wikipedia notes. "One of the most...
The Elephant In The Living Room
In the early 1900s one of my Dad's relatives was the governor of Utah, so our family has deep roots in the Mormon...