…laboring for the gospel as it transforms me, my city, and my world for all of eternity…
I came across this post today from a guy named Jonathan Dodson who is planting a church in Austin, TX. In it, he shares “5 Characteristics Of Missional Communities” which he takes from a book titled “Exiles: Living Missionally In A Post-Christian Culture“:
Bless. We will bless at least one other member of our community [...]
A great conversation you have to take ten minutes to watch:
and the second part:
HT: (Challies)
Go check out some exciting happenings in the life of our church plant. I am daily humbled by God’s mercy!
Planting Eternity is something that I have described to folks lately as the most exciting thing I have ever done, but at the same time it has caused me at times to want to grab a bottle of Pepto Bismol and spend some time in the bathroom. And I haven’t really even started yet.
So [...]
Ok…so tomorrow came a little bit late..I had a great trip last week to South Carolina for a friend’s wedding and got to catch up with some old friends. More to come on that trip a little later in the week hopefully…
To catch up with where are read parts one, two, and three. [...]
This week we are looking at one man’s journey through church planting and the nine lessons he learned during that journey. Make sure you catch his first two insights.
Today we’ll look at lessons three and four:
#3 - Problem: We didn’t take very many family vacations
Reason: We didn’t want to leave the church. And [...]
I finished off last week with a post about a church planter that I have come to know and a little about his story. There are valuable lessons to be learned as I plant Eternity and I am so grateful that he shared his thoughts with me. Over the coming days, I will [...]
Over the last eight months as I’ve prepared to plant Eternity, I have had many many people try and talk me out of it. I’ve heard everything from “This is the hardest thing you’ll ever do” to “If you can do anything else - you should”. I’ve read the books on church planting, [...]
I’m a country music fan. Yes I’m redneck (in many ways). Yes I realize that if you play a country album backwards the dog comes home, your wife never leaves, you sober up, and you get your job back. I know all that. But here’s the thing. I recently said [...]
It’s late Wednesday night - actually early Thursday morning and I just can’t put into words what RC Sproul’s message was like today. You can read about it from Challies here. But I want to try and summarize what it meant for me as a church planter.
I have shared the story recently with [...]