by Neil Cole | Aug 1, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Discipleship, Featured
Christ comes first. He then commands us into His mission. The byproduct of our mission is His kingdom spread on earth via the building of His church. As much as I value church planting, I have come to realize that we should stop planting churches. We should plant...
by Rice Broocks | Aug 26, 2020 | Church Leadership, Outreach and Evangelism
In the time before MP3’s (long, long ago) music was played on a device called a “Record player.” When your favorite hit song came out there was no iTunes to download from, so you had to purchase songs on a small disc (record) called a “45.” There...
by Joe Miller | Aug 16, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
In observing the Christian landscape of popular blogs and books, I am convinced we have lost sight of God’s mission. I watch with concern as Christians post videos that are intended to mock the music and the traditions of other Christians they find socially...
by Scott Thomas | Jan 23, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
The most common metaphor for Christian community is “family” and “household” (Rom. 12:10; Gal. 6:10; Eph. 2:19; 1 Peter 4:17). It dawned on me that we rarely apply this to one’s marriage and family. I curiously wondered why we fail to act in families as a community of...