“Identifying and Training Men in Your Congregation to Become Church Planters” Description: How do we as busy pastors and church planters begin to think about the subject of starting other new churches? We can’t even seem to keep our heads above water in our own church planting efforts! The good...
“Sensing a calling” is not enough to cause you to plunge into pastoral ministry. Far too many men enter ministry without the affirmation of others. Even our sincerest desires and intuitions are unreliable guides for a decision of this magnitude. If you don’t meet the Biblical qualifications of an elder...
I find sport in asking pastors if they have ever led their church to plant another new church. Generally speaking American pastors are positive about church planting. They commonly express to me their desire to lead their congregation to plant new churches. Then follow their comments with a well thought...
We’ve all heard the old adage, “If you think your leading but no one is following, you’re just taking a walk.” Most people can be divided pretty easily into the leader or follower category, so which one do you fall into? Being a follower isn’t a bad thing; in fact...
I sat down with Jamie Limato recently to discuss the value of being a part of a church planting network. Although I think it’s best to be involved in a small network with closer relationships here is a list of national networks you might find useful. Both Pillar Church and...
My wife an I are in the process of adopting two children from Haiti. Today we ran across Jeremy Cowart’s excellent Photo collection called, “Voices of Haiti” Check it out and learn more about our adoption HERE.
This is the document i promised i would put up in a previous post Ordination
Ordination is the way some churches have traditionally assessed the preparedness of a man before laying hands on him and commissioning him as a minster of the Gospel. But it’s not a practice that’s popular these days. Very few young churches are practicing ordination at all. Even hero’s of the...
