Thom Rainer provides a list of ten ways churches can make a bad first impression on first-time guests. The list isn’t exhaustive and some churches creatively strive to go well beyond just this ten. The first one of these is a bit of a surprise, both the fact that it’s there and that it’s first. …
Some thoughts from Paul Tripp on the community of love that pastors are called to serve and blessed to be a part of. Being a pastor is more than preaching sermons and designing programs. It’s knowing that you need community, that you’ve been called to lead the community of love that is the church. That …
Jared Wilson affirms the presence of grace and law in the life of God’s people, but points out the vital difference when grace is the lived out experience through which every event is processed. An excerpt: The most gracious people you and I know are people who have had an experience of grace and fixate …
MGPC consciously seeks to nurture its life as a Multi-Generational church. Mike Lee has a post expanding on these six strengths of a multi-generational church. Strengths of the Multi-Generational Church Multi-generational churches remind people that the gospel is for all who will repent and believe. Multi-generational churches remind us that no one age group has …
mgpcpastor's blog 