Pastor Tim Keller, of Redeemer Presbyterian Church In New York City, on having a faithful gospel ministry:
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The Obnoxious, the Cowards, and the Faithful in Gospel Witness.
Posted in Church Planting, Missional Living on September 26, 2008 | Comments Off
“30-Day Sex Challenge”
Posted in Church Planting, Sex on February 22, 2008 | Comments Off
I heard about this pastoral challenge in the news a couple days ago. Pastor Paul Wirth from Relevant Church has launched the “30-Day Sex Challenge.” Here is a summary from the website:
People are not having enough sex. An epidemic of breakups prove the needs that lead to a great sex life are being overlooked. Dirty [...]
I’m planting a church, and started a planting blog.
Posted in Church Planting, Evanston Bible Fellowship on January 21, 2008 | Comments Off
My family and I are going to be moving to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) in early 2009 to plant a church. For those of you who want to keep updated on the latest on the church planting front, I’ve created a blog called Between Two Cities that will give updates on the plant (not [...]
Shot glasses for Jesus
Posted in Church Planting, Funny Theology on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Found this article in the news today:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — To get people to attend his new church campus, Robbie McLaughlin is sending his message out to where the people are.
Next Friday, staffers from Next Level Church of Matthews will go to bars in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte to hand out shot glasses which ask [...]
Making Vision Stick
Posted in Book Reviews, Church Leadership, Church Planting on December 4, 2007 | Comments Off
Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley is a book that the elders at Evanston Bible Fellowship are reading to re-articulate our vision for this local church. This book is both short and helpful. Here are the main points of the book, which Pastor Stanley calls five things that “significantly increase the adhesiveness of your vision” [...]
Why men in their 20s should not plant churches
Posted in Church Planting on October 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m a person in his 20s who desires to plant a church, and to plant one hopefully soon. However, I pray that God would give me much wisdom in terms of timing and having patience with what his will is on the matter. I ran across an article that is a means to that end.
Ryan [...]
Best form of evangelism – church planting
Posted in Church Planting on September 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the latest edition of Christianity Today, there is an article titled “Go and Plant Churches of All People.” In this article, author Tim Stafford writes about the growing and effective trend of church planting among many denominations and networks. The article explains that fifty years ago, Billy Graham type crusades were the [...]
Southren cities outgrowing northren cities
Posted in Church Planting, Demographic Trends on June 29, 2007 | Comments Off
(a picture of the Phoenix skyline)
An analysis of Census reported that southern cities are growing much more than northern cities (click here for an USA Today article on the subject). The only exception to this trend is New York, which added the greatest amount with 206,000 people. Among the cities that grew the most, Phoenix [...]
The World is Going Urban
Posted in Church Planting, Missions on June 5, 2007 | Comments Off
(a picture of Tokyo’s skyline)
London’s The Economist has an insightful article that is titled “The World Goes to Town.” It makes many points that has major implications on global church planting and world missions. Consider the following quotes from the article:
The sheer scale and speed of the current urban expansion make [...]
Church Planting Needs A Few More Good Men
Posted in Church Leadership, Church Planting on April 29, 2007 | Comments Off
Watch the video below to listen to Mark Driscoll exhort church planters to focus on the mission, on using men for that mission, and on declaring the message of Jesus Christ. It is a good message not only for church planters, but for all those that minister to Christ’s bride.
Apparently [...]
