Church Planting for the Rest of Us

At the recent Acts 29 Boot Camp in Seattle, WA, I sat down with Tim Lane, Executive Director of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation, to talk about the “What” and “Why” of pastoral counseling. In this video, he underscores the importance of the “private ministry of the Word” in counseling coming alongside the “public [...]

As most of you know, ministry is tough. And it isn’t just the long hours and fallen world that make it tough. It is also the emotional toll that it takes on the pastor and his family. These obstacles, unresolved conflicts, wounds from the past, and other difficult interactions naturally occurring in pastoral ministry create [...]

My friend Jonathan McIntosh has followed Jesus’ leading from the comforts of a significant staff position at The Journey in St. Louis (A29) into the raging sea of church planting. For what it is worth, I am very proud of him. In the process, he has produced what I believe is one of THE BEST [...]