“My last resistance to the idea of God’s wrath was a casualty of the war in the former Yugoslavia, the region from which I come. According to some estimates, 200,000 people were killed and over 3,000,000 were displaced. My villages and cities were destroyed, my people shelled day in and day out,[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gospel’
April 22nd, 2011 - 4:37 pm § in Church Planters Personal Life, Steve's Posts
John Newton Quote
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still, I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” John Newton (author of Amazing [...][...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]