I get an eye tick when I think about all the vision casting, missions statement writing, and five point purpose driven word gymnastics I’ve gone through over the years. When I came to my newest ministry five years ago I tried to change the name/mission of...
If you read my post yesterday I had a few thoughts on Pastor Nieuwhof’s predictions about the future of church attendance . I conducted a two question Twitterview with Pastor Nieuwhof and he was very gracious to answer my questions. If you start with...
Did you guess the E Word? Did you think the E word was Evangelism? Exhortation? Espresso? All fine guesses and two of the three are correct, in a way, because the E-Word is Engagement. In fact, if you offer me Espresso I will also be fully engaged. Pastor Carey...
We just had our church’s Missions Convention this past Sunday and I caught myself actively connecting with the missionaries around the table at lunch. I could have sat and smiled and made generic conversion hoping to connect with some of the people around...
Our responsibility as adult believers and our role as youth workers, Sunday School teachers,, Pastors, or small groups leaders is to disciple people, to help them in their walk with Christ. These words from the Apostle Paul give us a clear five part strategy for...
