“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 ‘Conferences’
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
May 31st, 2010 - 9:49 am § in Africa, Church Planting
2010 West Africa Update – Part 2
This just in: Another update from Steve Childers! It sounds like things are going really well so far. Please pray for the remainder of Steve’s time in Africa – which he will spend with his team in Togo – that the team will be safe and that God’s glory will shine through t[...]
May 24th, 2010 - 10:21 am § in Africa, Church Planting
Prayers For GCA 2010 West Africa CPI: Part 1
Editor’s Note: We’ve already shared that GCA President Steve Childers is currently in West Africa, leading a group of indigenous church leaders in the GCA 2010 West Africa Church Planting Institute. Some supporters have known about this for awhile and have been kind enough to commit th[...]
May 23rd, 2010 - 6:18 pm § in Africa, Church Planting
Steve Childers In West Africa This Week!
A team of missionaries led by GCA President Steve Childers are making their way to West Africa for the 2010 GCA West Africa Church Planting Inistitute. We’ve already shared details about GCA’s goals and aspirations in holding this summit. Now we want to give you specific details (i.e[...]
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:18 pm § in Africa, Church Planting
2010 GCA West Africa Church Planting Institute
You’ll be hearing a lot from us over the next week about the West Africa Church Planting Institute. In particular, Steve will be sharing his prayer requests with us. We will also be sure to pass along any updates we get from the field from day to day. So, since we’ll be talking about[...]
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][...]
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[...]
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[...]