“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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Church Planter Spouse’
July 25th, 2010 - 9:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Mistake #6: Not Understanding the Priority of People Over Programs
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 30th, 2010 - 12:29 am § in Church Planting
GCA 2010 Conference Attendee Tweets
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]