Culture + Gospel + Church = Transformational ministry. #gca10 “Beneath the demographics of your community are the lifestyles that are an expression of beliefs.” -Bob Orner #gca10 Allender: If you don’t need the Gospel more than the people you are sharing it with, you ought not to b[...]
Archive for January, 2010
January 29th, 2010 - 8:49 pm § in Church Planting
Foundations: Remembering What’s Really Important
With all of the practical advice our trainers had to offer at the conference sessions, it would be easy to be overwhelmed. Each trainer went over enough material to fill a full-week conference on its own, and they did it in about ninety minutes! Suffice it to say, if you were here with us this [[...]
January 28th, 2010 - 4:05 pm § in Church Planting
Foundations: Finances
GCA was pleased to have Fred Marsh come in and share with conference attendees some strategies for fund raising. This module is a necessary part of the “Foundation” curriculum because, in many denominations, church planters are responsible to raise their own support. Without funding [...]
January 28th, 2010 - 10:13 am § in Church Planting
Foundations: Styles
How does the church do ministry in this culture? How do we do ministry in a cultural context through the lens of the five Ministry Purposes? Andre Rogers helped us think through these questions, and shared many examples from his own ministry. The church planter must help determine how these bibl[...]
January 27th, 2010 - 11:54 am § in Church Planting
Foundations: Purpose
Why do church planting? Most of what you will read here assumes that you agree church planting is something that we should even be doing. Yet, even if you do support church planting as a worthy cause, it’s worth taking a moment to back up and give this question some thought. After all, w[...]
January 27th, 2010 - 10:40 am § in Church Planting
Essentials: Worship
Note: Casey Johnson is an M.Div. student at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He is at the GCA Conference this week and is going through the “Essentials” course. He shared his thoughts with us on the Worship module, which was taught by Jason Sears. In very brief, bullet-poi[...]
January 26th, 2010 - 11:42 pm § in Church Planting
Church Planting: Using Technology and Social Media
This year’s conference consists of 13 sessions. In keeping with past years, there are two tracks. The Foundations track is for church planters who are just getting started. They may still be in the planning stages, or in the first year or two of planting. The “Essentials” t[...]
January 26th, 2010 - 11:30 am § in Church Planting
North American Church Planting Conference Starts Today!
Today we’re excited. Today marks the beginning of our North American Church Planting Conference in Orlando, FL. We have spent awhile getting things ready and even now attendees are showing up to register. We’ll be updating this blog periodically over the course of the conference with[...]
January 20th, 2010 - 8:10 am § in Church Planting, Steve's Posts
My Top Ten Mistakes In Ministry–That I Can Share Publicly: Mistake # 3
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the fourth in a series of blog posts called, “My Top Ten Mistakes in Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly)” After many years of ministry experience as a church planter, pastor and seminary p[...]