Three Ways Church Planters Worship Themselves

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Pastoral | 2 comments Spirituality is something I don’t talk about much on this blog, mainly because I want to keep things very nuts and bolts.  But I’m realizing that spirituality is about as nuts and bolts as it gets.  One thing many people struggle with is self-worship.  We put ourselves first in everything.  We do what is best for us.  We are generous to ourselves.  We promote an unrealistic...
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As a Church Planter You Will Be Uncomfortable

Posted by on Jul 10, 2011 in Church Planting, Pastoral | 0 comments So last Saturday night at Skateland, I was that guy.  You know the one guy at the rink who can’t skate.  The nice thing about being 200+ lbs is that rather than laugh most people were just afraid I’d kill them and so they stayed away.  To make matters worse I was wearing a pink shirt.  I don’t wear pink.  I don’t even own a pink shirt.  Well I do now.  I had to wear...
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A Modern Day Mountaintop

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Pastoral, Prayer | 0 comments Jesus was a popular guy.  It tends to happen when you can perform miracles and people start calling you the Messiah.  The demands on his time were great. Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.  – Lk 5:15 The demands on a church planter, while not quite to this level, can feel the same.  Overwhelming....
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When Mission Becomes an Idol

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in Church Planting, Pastoral | 2 comments I love the mission of God.  It’s motivating.  I keeps me up late at night.  I work with church planters who are sold out to the mission and take crazy risks in order to fulfill the mission God has called them to.  But when the mission of God gets detached from being personally connected to God things get bad.  Suddenly what you thought was God’s mission may not be God’s...
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Using Facebook to Follow Up with Those Missing From Church

Posted by on Jan 7, 2011 in Pastoral, Resources | 0 comments Facebook is being used more all the time as a ministry tool.  When I heard that Journey Church in Medina, TN was using it to follow up on those missing from the church, I was intrigued.  The idea is simple.  If someone has been missing for a while, Pastor Jeremy Brown, fires up Facebook and puts this image on their wall.He then includes a short personal message.  Jeremy argues that the...
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Friday Church Planting Resource: Church Community Builder

Posted by on Dec 10, 2010 in Church Planting, Communications, Discipleship, Pastoral | 0 comments I remember in the no so distance past when my home church tracked attendance and prayer requests with pew books.  How the times have changed.  Today churches manage their communications and databases in much more sophisticated ways.  My favorite tool on the market is Church Community Builder.  It has all the bells and whistles like online giving, social networking integration,...
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