by Steve Sjogren | Aug 1, 2018 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
There is no area in the life of a pastor-communicator where he or she has a greater lack of self-awareness than this:Â How they are doing at giving the weekly message. Every week hundreds of thousands of pastors deliver a message that they are convinced is a...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 20, 2018 | Church Planting
Here is the second in our continuing list of church planting networks. The Ecclesia Network had their national gathering this past April and ordained several new church planters. For more info on the 2018 gathering, you can visit their blog site: 2018 Ecclesia...
by Phil Spry | Jun 5, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
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 on it.  I waxed it every day! The $115 is not a typo.  That was the actual price.  We thought we STOLE it from the original owner.  He could have...
by John Wasem | May 28, 2018 | Church Planting
I bought my first car in the summer of 1971. I purchased it from a little old lady who lived on Lover’s Lane in my town (I couldn’t make this up). It was a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle with 4-speed on the floor. It had less than 10,000 miles on it. It was truly “just like...
by Scott Thomas | Apr 29, 2016 | Church Planting
The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for 1) the numerical growth of the Body of Christ in any city, and 2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of the existing churches in a city. Nothing else–not...
