Category Archives: Church Planting

Pastors: Is Your Soul Ready for Easter?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

If your life is like mine, the Easter season is very busy. Our days are consumed by an all-hands-on-deck time of planning special worship services and additional outreach efforts. You stack this on top of the probable heavy load of … Continue reading →

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Video of Violence Against Christians in India

Posted on April 16, 2010 by

Several weeks ago, I posted about a video I had seen detailing the violence that many Christians are experiencing in parts of India, and I shared about some of my experiences in India. You can read that post here – Violence Against Christians … Continue reading →

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Leadership in the Local Church – Elders #1

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

When the Apostle Paul was planting churches in the first century, he wrote a letter to a church-planting partner named Titus. He wanted to make sure Titus had not been distracted from first-order business in the church. In the letter, … Continue reading →

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Engaging the New South with the Gospel

Posted on February 27, 2010 by

We launched our church because of the great need in our area for churches with both deep belief in the gospel of Jesus and deep love for the people in our area. Rather than retreating from our world, we wanted to be a … Continue reading →

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Violence against Christians in India

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

Persecution in India: Francis’ Response on Vimeo. Footage courtesy: Voice of the Martyrs Music courtesy: The Champion and His Burning Flame http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9607938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 A Note about the situation in India: Orissa has one of the worst records for violence against Christians, … Continue reading →

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Going Solo and Other (Mis)Adventures in Learning

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

In a recent blog posted on the Gospel Coalition site (here’s a link), Tim Keller wrote about the benefits of being a solo pastor in a small church. Two years into a church plant, my experience tells me that he’s … Continue reading →

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