by Mark Batterson | Mar 25, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Proverbs 16:9 is one of my favorite promises: “In his heart a man plans his course, but God orders His footsteps.” I’ve circled it for years! I also love Psalm 37 which says the same thing in different words: “the steps of the righteous are ordered of the Lord.” All I...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 8, 2019 | Outreach and Evangelism
Green Card – permission and blessing for an immigrant to go to work. Our friends Rex and Sally tell us, “We loved America from our first moment in the country, but we didn’t feel at home early on. Mainly it was because we couldn’t go to work. We didn’t feel we fit...
by Mark Batterson | Mar 1, 2019 | Church Leadership
How you handle offense has the potential to make you or break you as a leader. You will offend. The only question is: who will you offend? And you will be offended. The only question is: how will you respond to offense? As God expands your sphere of influence you’ll...
by Phil Spry | Dec 24, 2018 | Church Leadership
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 the US about every two hours. So, why did last week’s outré and bizarre events penetrate us as they did? Six months into one of our church plants we...
by Ron Edmondson | Oct 4, 2018 | Church Leadership
Some of you may know, I’m in a season of transition again. When I got to my previous church someone on the search team asked me to reflect on how best to finish well. I didn’t know if I was the right one to do it, but I have had some experience ending. I’m not sure...
