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Archive for September, 2009

Becoming Community-Driven

Posted in Pastors, tagged , , , on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This past Saturday, I did a breakout session at a local ministry training event called the Equip Conference on the topic of “Community-Driven Ministry”.  Below I shared the brief steps from my session to becoming Community-Driven: (A few of the thoughts below are from a great training tool called ‘Compassion by Design‘) 1.  Identify Needs [...]

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Dear G20…

Posted in Christ-Inspired Thoughts, tagged , , , , on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dear G20 Participants and Protesters, Welcome!  It is a pleasure to have you in our wonderful city!!  We as a city do not take the privilege of hosting this Summit lightly.  Hundreds, if not thousands, have been praying for these two days of decision. Here are a few items we have been praying for… We [...]

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What to Do Following a Preview Service (Part 4)

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

To finish my series of posts on ‘What to Do Following a Preview Service’, I’ll be addressing the final component of ‘Correction’.  In case you missed the last few posts, here’s the four-step list: Celebrate Follow-Up Analyze Correct Once your preview service is complete, you’ve celebrated what God has done, you’ve followed-up with all your [...]

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Charles Spurgeon Quote

Posted in Christ-Inspired Thoughts, tagged on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Rich Jones shared the following quote this morning at Element Church from Charles Spurgeon.  What a powerful and challenging quote! Oh, my brothers and sisters in Christ, if sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies; and if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their [...]

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What to Do Following a Preview Service (Part 3)

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Continuing my posts on what to do following a church plant’s preview services, I’d like to address the third step, Analyze.  To read the previous two posts on Celebrating & Follow-up, click here or here. One of the core purposes of preview services is to help a new church establish and refine quality processes for [...]

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What to Do Following a Preview Service (Part 2)

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , , on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I apologize for the length between this post and my last, but wanted to finish my series on what to do following preview services.  In case you missed the first post, you can read it here. Here is a review of the four key things a church planter should do following each of their preview [...]

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