by Marcus Bigelow | Mar 9, 2021 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
A friend and I were talking about the value of encouragement, and he said, “Hey, let me tell you a story.” Jared learned to play T-Ball at 5. After working with his dad at home, he played his first game. Taking a mighty swing the ball went about 4 feet. “Run to...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today more than ever, we have bi-vocational, co-vocational, and even multi-vocational pastors and church planters. Steve Sjogren shares his heart about this topic. Rather than viewing it as a negative, we can radically change our mindset to see the positive effects of...
by Ed Stetzer | Jan 14, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Is church planting still the most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven? I’ve been planting churches since 1988. My first church was planted in the inner city of Buffalo, New York, among the urban poor. I worked bi-vocationally as an insulation contractor...
by Bryan Stevenson | Dec 15, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Worship
It was Father’s Day 2001. The weather was perfect. It was a picturesque scene in a community park next to a lake. I think there were ducks present. I set the brand-new portable PA system on the brand-new poles and smiled. It was finally happening. It had been...
by Mark Batterson | Dec 10, 2020 | Church Leadership
Be Specific Getting in shape is not a goal. That is a wish. Goals have got to be specific. You need timelines. One of the ways I’ve increased the specificity of my goals is by attaching ages connected to them. One of my goals is to run a triathlon. Another goal is to...
