First of all, I want to say thanks to all of you who agreed to join in on these Monday discussions on church-related systems and processes (what I’m calling kingly administration). We are all learners and laborers together for church health and gospel growth, and I believe our churches will be better served when we [...]
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Monday is for “kingly” administration: The Assimilation Process, Part 1 (First-Time Guest)
May 3, 2010Take a Trip . . . to Your City
February 26, 2010A couple nights ago, I shared with my Twitter friends about a strategy meeting where we are planning a mission trip to our city. Yes, the city where most of our church members live. Why, you might ask? Let me give you some reasons why I am compelled by this idea: 1. How many times [...]
21 Questions I’ve Been Asking (Myself) Lately
February 17, 2010Several of you will find these questions familiar, but their familiarity does not minimize the piercing factor for this pastor. I wanted to put them out there in case others might find them helpful. 1. If our church would cease to exist in our city, would it be noticed and missed? 2. If all the [...]
Leadership Retreat Feedback
September 5, 2009This past week, the pastors of Grace hunkered down for three days for our leadership retreat. Just a couple of days out of it, the meetings are still fresh on my mind. I think we all agreed that it was really productive, but I also believe it can always improve and be done better. I [...]
Twitter for the Local Church
April 29, 2009Shortly after joining Twitter in June of last year, I began developing a social media strategy for the church I serve, Grace Baptist Church. This strategy included redesigned our church website with a WordPress integrated blog to keep content current, a Facebook group, a church planting resource blog, and a church twitter account. Over the [...]
5 P’s
April 16, 2009Yesterday, I spent about an hour with Tom Ascol talking about the past ten months since I came on staff at Grace Baptist as an Associate Pastor. At various points during this time, I intended to post some thoughts and reflections on things I’ve learned, challenges I’ve faced, and joys I’ve experienced transitioning from a [...]
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