“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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Steve Childers’
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
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 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 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[...]
June 19th, 2009 - 1:18 pm § in Book Reviews
Controversial “Spectacular Sins” by John Piper–Reviewed & Endorsed
Piper, John. Spectacular Sins.Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2008. 121 pp. $15.99. Listen to the Spectacular Sins sermon series at Desiring God. Book Review by Terry Delaney at Going To Seminary Have you ever picked up a book thinking it was going to be about one thing and it turns out you were completel[...]
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[...]