Posted on Provocations & Pantings, April 27, 2009 by Tim Brister As I mentioned in my last post, I was unable to attend the Gospel Coalition National Conference. However, in God’s kind providence, I was able to go up to Orlando for a couple of days to network with other church planters and n[...]
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May 6th, 2009 - 7:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Connecting with Global Church Advancement (GCA) by Tim Brister
April 29th, 2009 - 9:50 am § in Uncategorized
The Tremendous Need for Gospel-Centered Churches
In the U.S. –Established churches grew by 0.0% in this decade. –Church membership declined 9.5% –No county in America has a greater percentage of churched persons today than a decade ago. –Half of all churches last year did not add one new member through “conversion growth[...]
April 20th, 2009 - 12:52 pm § in Steve's Posts, Uncategorized
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself
“Finally a book that addresses one of the most critical needs in the world today—the alleviation of poverty—drawing from not only a rock-solid biblical and theological framework but also from sound holistic principles that have been proven “on the field” to be truly effective in serving [...]
June 3rd, 2008 - 7:17 am § in Uncategorized
Steve’s Early Thoughts from Africa
Date: Saturday afternoon, May 31, 2008, Location: Accra, Ghana From: Steve Childers Thanks so much for your prayers for us. We arrived late last night (35 plus hours from door to door–including an unplanned trip to Amsterdam on another airline–long story). I was finally able to get inter[...]
February 1st, 2008 - 1:39 pm § in Uncategorized
Shari Thomas – The Main Thing – GCA Conf
TOP SIX STRESS AGENTS FOR CHURCH PLANTERS’ WIVES (INVERSE ORDER): 6. The average wife oversees ~2.5 ministries, raises children, and many have part-time jobs. About 80% experience depression. 5. Boundary ambiguity — Emotional, physical, and role ambiguity. For example, the house is often use[...]
February 1st, 2008 - 1:36 pm § in Uncategorized
Steve Childers – The Main Thing – GCA Conf
BACKGROUND The banner over the entire conference was that the advancement of the church is the hope of the world. The leadership held out a beautiful, robust vision of church planting in America with a view to the nations both in our midst and beyond our borders–all undergirded and motivated b[...]
February 1st, 2008 - 11:01 am § in Uncategorized
Mike Tilley – Strategic Planning – GCA Conf
INTRODUCTION This is an Essentials Track workshop. Tilley spoke yesterday about leadership, describing that leadership had four roles: Coach/Motivator, Change Agent, Spokesperson and Direction-Setter. Leadership comes with four responsibilities: Vision-Casting, Strategy Formulation, Aligning and Mot[...]
February 1st, 2008 - 9:23 am § in Uncategorized
Church Planting & Match Making: A GCA Testimony
This is a guest post from freelance writer Cindy Sawyer, who is also covering the GCA National Church Planting Conference: There are a lot of reasons for couples to change the date of their wedding. I know of a woman who married early in order to allow her dying aunt to attend the wedding, and [...][...]
January 31st, 2008 - 6:11 pm § in Uncategorized
Randy Pope – The Journey (Discipleship) – GCA Conf
Pastor Pope suggests contacting Bill Wood. Wood, a former GE executive, is on their staff and his entire job is to help pastors who ask for help. Pope, Wood and others are now trying to make this material available to others. LIFE LEARNING REGARDING DISCIPLESHIP 1. The importance of investing in fai[...]
January 31st, 2008 - 6:09 pm § in Uncategorized
Randy Pope – Life on Life Missional Discipleship – GCA
Randy Pope is the Founding Pastor, Lead Teacher & Directional Leader of Perimeter Church in Duluth (Atlanta) Georgia, a church of 6000 devoted to reaching the unchurched of North Atlanta and the world. Perimeter has helped plant twenty-four churches in the Atlanta area and has helped start 6 tra[...]
January 31st, 2008 - 2:35 pm § in Uncategorized
Al Guerra – Hispanic Ministry – GCA Conf
Al Guerra was born in Cuba in 1955 and came to the United States in 1968. He grew up in New York City and attended Southern Connecticut State University. He attended the Emmaus Bible School, and after marrying Mónica, a native of Argentina, began studying at Talbot Theological Seminary in southern [...]
January 31st, 2008 - 2:33 pm § in Uncategorized
Randy Nabors – Intro to Mercy Ministry – GCA Conf
INTRODUCTION Randy Nabors grew up in the inner-city (housing projects) of Newark in a church that had a strong commitment to the city and its people. During his freshman year in college Randy was involved in urban ministry in the Watts community of Los Angeles, CA. Randy has served as the lead pasto[...]
January 31st, 2008 - 9:22 am § in Uncategorized
Tim Keller – The Reason For God
The Reason for God Timothy Keller Best Price $16.47 or Buy New $16.47 Privacy Information I’m about half way through the uncopyedited manuscript of Tim Keller’s forthcoming The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. I am finding it to be an excellent re[...]
January 30th, 2008 - 3:28 pm § in Uncategorized
Joel Miller – African American Ministry – GCA Conf
Pastor Joel Miller is the church planter of Providence Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which is about 4 years old. He was born in Dallas, Texas and has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Berea College, Kentucky and a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He [...]
January 30th, 2008 - 3:27 pm § in Uncategorized
Steve Ogne – Mobilizing Leaders – GCA Conf
Steve Ogne is a nationally known church planter trainer, coach and consultant for Church Resource Ministries & coauthor (with Bob Logan) of several church planter training manuals, including the best selling Church Planter’s Toolkit. He is also the co-author of the popular study kit Empowering[...]