Church Planting for the Rest of Us

A couple of weeks ago, I began a series involving what I think it takes to be a successful church planter with a post entitled “Are You a Planter or a Poser?” Apparently, it struck a chord with quite a few folks. If you missed it, you can catch it HERE. Today, I want to [...]

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Click HERE to read it if you haven’t yesterday’s post. If you have, keep reading. This post is primarily for 2 groups of people: 1. Those of you who may have been leaning toward planting and you are now concerned that maybe you shouldn’t be. 2. Those who may be already a short distance into [...]

When I was in junior high I was a skater. Well, sort of. I wasn’t very good, but I had skate clothes, a good board, and was eventually able to go up on a quarter pipe, turn around and come down without killing myself. I wasn’t Tony Hawk but I was better than your grandma [...]

Like many of you, I love Twitter. Making new friends… Encouraging and being encouraged… Finding and sharing new ministry resources… Chances are, I don’t have to convince you of the value of its usefulness as a ministry resource. At the same time, I also don’t have to spill too much ink warning you of the [...]

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At last year’s Advance the Church Conference, I talked to Pastor JD Greear about being both SBC and Acts 29. He has some good wisdom to share. Check it out.

This is a GREAT  new resource from the good folks at Covenant Eyes for helping Pastors who struggle with internet pornography and other kinds of sexual sin. My friend, Jonathan Dodson, wrote the section on Gospel-centered accountability. You can get it for FREE here. Thanks for helping spread the word.

As some of you already know, last week was hard. A good friend of mine disqualified himself from ministry due to an inappropriate relationship with a woman in his church. With the need for vigilance in this area is fresh on my mind, I want to try to redeem this tragedy by offering the following [...]