by Marcus Bigelow | Jul 18, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
I have been teaching a class on vision casting in a graduate school. One of my students ministers to more than 2000 pastors in Africa. During the class he was in Nigeria. The questions pastors ask in Nigeria might help us put things in perspective. Below is quoted...
by Mark Batterson | Apr 3, 2012 | Church Leadership
I love maxims. Always have. Always will. Jesus was the master of maxims! He could say so much with so few words. I’ve always strived to not just love like Him and pray like Him, but also talk like Him! Sometimes the way to say more is to say less. Here are 12...
by Tom Nebel | Feb 27, 2012 | Church Leadership
Somebody here needs to be reminded that there are some things that only God can do. At times that can seem scary, but mostly it is comforting to remember who is really in charge. This morning I was reading from Matthew 20:29-34…about the two blind men whom Jesus...
by Doug Murren | Aug 11, 2011 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching, Outreach and Evangelism
I have found an old word creeping into my prayers and vocabulary lately. The word is revival. Revival is when whole cities, churches or societies are attracted to and drawn to receiving Christ. Its been 40 years since we have seen a societal revival. I know of some...
by Linda Bergquist | Jul 17, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
When I moved to San Francisco, I brought with me 15 years of experience, a lot of enthusiasm, and all of my Southern California church planting strategies, methodologies and paradigms. For the first decade, hardly anything I tried actually worked, but every few years...