Its been ten months since we hit the ground running in partnership with Grace Baptist Church to plant a new church in SW Florida. We have much to praise God for, and much to submit to Him in prayer. Mary and I will make sure to post an update on the family sometime soon. In [...]
Archive for the ‘Ministry’ Category
3 Feb
Reflections from the Global Church Advancement (GCA) Conference
I have greatly benefited from seminary training concentrated on church planting, and other denominational training. But the most comprehensive church planting training I have received to date has come from Steve Childers and the Global Church Advancement (GCA). Last week I was fortunate to attend the conference a second time in six months. This time, [...]
25 Jan
Planting a Church, and the People Involved
Who are the people God uses to form a new church? Who qualifies? Must the leaders all be pastors? Can it take other Christians sent from other churches, or must a new church only start by reaching new Christians? These are good questions people have asked in both instances where I have endeavored to plant [...]
29 Dec
Books I’ve Read In 2009
In 2001 at the age of 25, I read my first legitimate book from cover to cover. I was not raised a reader. In fact, I hated reading! I only looked at books for pictures. However, things changed that year. That fall, I enrolled in school at a masters level for a seminary education at [...]
14 Dec
Are There Problems With Today’s Gospel? — Part 2
To read the first part of this post click here. In part one, I tried to give reasons why the question, “Are there problems with today’s gospel?,” is a valid question. Research is regularly published that suggest major problems in the evangelistic efforts of gospel-believing churches. Before I suggest my opinion on solutions to this [...]
7 Dec
Are There Problems With Today’s Gospel? — Part 1
Are there problems with today’s Gospel? Statistics continually demonstrate there is a problem with our evangelism today, particularly in the denomination I have most of my experience. Experts continually report decline in the number of baptisms (and here). Not only are the numbers down of those who have come to faith , but there is [...]
30 Nov
Core Values Study: Gospel Centrality
In his article The Centrality of the Gospel Tim Keller explains from Galatians 2:14, “…the Christian life is a process of renewing every dimension of our life– spiritual, psychological, corporate, social–by thinking, hoping, and living out the “lines” or ramifications of the gospel. The gospel is to be applied to every area of thinking, feeling, [...]
9 Nov
Core Values Study: Cultural Engagement
This is the sixth of seven core values we have studied as a group in the planning of Providence Church. So far we’ve looked at Sent Living, Family Focused, Bible Sufficiency, Kingdom Priority, and Authentic Community. Now lets look at the value of Cultural Engagement. The New Testament reveals the counter-cultural essence of the Church [...]
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