Ray Ortlund helps me understand what a local church should be. I’ve been satisfied with mgpc’s mission statement, but this is the essence of a wonderful vision statement. It’s what everyone needs. Everyone. Gospel + safety + time. A lot of gospel + a lot of safety + a lot of time. Gospel: good news …
Practical tips from Bobby Jamieson at 9Marks which follow prior posts on the subject of making sure groups exist to serve the church and not have the church exist to run groups. 1. Put better content in the programs you’ve got. If you’ve got programs that aren’t going away any time soon, figure out how …
I commented yesterday that all the elephants at this year’s Elephant Room event seemed to be outside the room. Inside the room (on my reading of Wax’s notes) there seemed less of last year’s committment to understanding how the same commitments can be expressed differently in ministry and mission and more of everyone affirming each …
The Elephant Room is a moderated panel discussion of pastors hosted by James MacDonald and his invited guests. This year Crawford Loritts, Jack Graham, James MacDonald, Mark Driscoll, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes, and Wayne Cordeiro. The aim of the event is to have pastors with differing philosophies discuss issues involved in planting, growing and leading …
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