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Community-Driven Ministry (Part 2)

Posted in Church, tagged on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Continuing my previous post on community-driven ministry, one of the factors that will determine your expression of ministry is who has a voice into your life. Those you listen to, read, or follow will have a huge impact into your expression of ministry. That’s where setting your priorities as a church and ministry comes into [...]

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MCM-Pitt Update

Posted in MCM-Pitt, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I know this is a little late, but it’s been a pretty busy week. This past Sunday brought with it some major milestone moments for a few of our MCM church plants (sorry for the alliteration!). Here’s a quick rundown of the big happenings across our city: Ambridge Christian Center held their annual business meeting [...]

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Community-Driven Ministry

Posted in Church, MCM-Pitt, tagged , on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our church planting network here in Pittsburgh (MCM) is one of community-driven churches.  That’s our passion.  It’s not finding the growing edge or the most affluent community to start a church.  We strive to find hurting, depressed communities that need Jesus and start a church in the middle of it all. Because of the need [...]

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This Old House

Posted in Christ-Inspired Thoughts, tagged , on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my favorite shows growing up (and still is today) is the PBS show, ‘This Old House’.  What I love about the show is they take old, dilapidated buildings and restore them to a better-then-original state.  When you think about it, that’s basically what the gospel is all about.  It’s the redemption of the [...]

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Pittsburgh City Outreach

Posted in MCM-Pitt, tagged , , , , on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Over the next few weeks Brian Bolt, the pastor of Pittsburgh City Outreach will be traveling across our state to share the vision of what God is doing through PCO in the inner city of Pittsburgh. Here’s a short video that tells their story. For more info you can check out PCO’s website at PittsburghCityOutreach.com.

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Pittsburgh, a City of Innovation

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across this video celebrating Pittsburgh’s 250th Anniversary last year.  It’s fascinating to hear all the innovation that has come from this great city.  And in case you’re not from Pittsburgh, we are a city with a rich history and residents that love to live here!  (And did I mention we now have six [...]

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Learning How to Learn

Posted in Leadership, tagged , , on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was recently reading a short book entitled “Managing Organizational Change” and came across a great quote that is very applicable to pastors: Today, it is more important for workers [or pastors] not to know a particular set of skills; but to understand how to learn. To be successful, people today have to master how [...]

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A Sermon Series to Launch a Church

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , , on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In the process to plant a church, lead church planters have numerous choices to make.  One of the biggest initial choices is what sermon series they will use to launch their church. This might sound like a minor issue, but it is quite important. I won’t get into the importance of preaching in a series, [...]

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The Battle for a Servant’s Heart

Posted in Pastors, tagged , , on February 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Of all the traits necessary to be effective in ministry, I would put servanthood at the very top. Sure it’s important to be a good leader, hard worker, and skilled professional, but all that apart from a servant’s heart is in vein.  That’s what makes the following battle so difficult. Everyone’s ministry journey is different [...]

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One Sentence to Change the World

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Everyday we walk through life and are often oblivious to impact we are having on the world around us – both good and bad. Our lives are screaming messages that can often be contrary to the ones coming from our lips. Where we go. What we do. How we look. They are making clear statements [...]

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