“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the seventh 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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Acts 29’
September 19th, 2010 - 6:52 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Practice, Steve's Posts, Uncategorized
Mistake #7: Not Understanding Product Living VS Process Living
July 25th, 2010 - 9:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Mistake #6: Not Understanding the Priority of People Over Programs
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the sixth 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[...]
July 18th, 2010 - 10:19 am § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Networks, Practice, Theology
Calvin Rejects Privatized Faith and Promotes Vulnerability in Church Planting Networks :)
“In the church, as Calvin conceived it, every man helped every other man. If in Christ Jesus all believers are united, then a private believer is a contradiction in terms. Not only are the blessings and the virtues given for the common good, but the faults and the weaknesses concern the other memb[...]
February 5th, 2010 - 6:48 pm § in On the Web
A Gospel-Planted Life Blog Reviews GCA Conference
The folks over at A Gospel-Planted Life were kind enough to share their experience at last week’s North American Church Planting Conference. You should check it out! [A Gospel-Planted Life][...]
February 4th, 2010 - 5:19 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Greatest Mistakes
Mistake #4: Not Understanding the Difference Between Pursuing the Grace of God or the God of Grace
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the fifth 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[...]
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 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[...]
November 15th, 2009 - 1:32 am § in Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Networks, Practice, Steve's Posts
My Top Ten Mistakes In Ministry–That I Can Share Publicly: Mistake # 2
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 (ESV) This is the third 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[...]
October 12th, 2009 - 1:12 am § in Greatest Mistakes
My Top Ten Mistakes In Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly) #1
This is the second in a series of blog posts I’m calling, “My Top Ten Mistakes in Ministry (That I Can Share Publicly!). After decades of ministry experience as a church planter, pastor and seminary professor I’ve learned the hard way that most church leaders seem to keep making the same mista[...]
September 13th, 2009 - 8:39 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planting
Research Findings on Church Planting Wives: 6 Primary Sources, 8 Secondary Sources
The following factors provided the greatest sources of satisfaction or stress for church planting wives. These findings are taken from a research study conducted in North American among PCA church planting spouses of various ethnicities in both urban and suburban settings. This research was conduct[...]
August 22nd, 2009 - 10:00 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Greatest Mistakes
Planter Spouse Looks Back: What I Wish I’d Known About Church Planting! by Shari Thomas*
Given at the Global Church Advancement North America Conference I wish someone would have told us (Shari and her husband, John), that we both would need a support system greater than just each other… …that we would need coaches and mentors, and we should plan at more than one stage in the jo[...]
July 19th, 2009 - 1:43 pm § in Uncategorized
Five Things New Planters Should Know by Jonathan Dodson
It’s been well said, “Undoubtedly the first years of church planting are hardest and most volatile for the church planter – which is why so many churches never make it past their childhood, as the planter implodes under the pressure brought on from lack of resources, exhaustion and lonelin[...]
May 6th, 2009 - 7:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Connecting with Global Church Advancement (GCA) by Tim Brister
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[...]