A few months back Ed Stetzer wrote about how newer “missional” churches tend to forget about global missions. It is a very interesting article and, unfortunately, all too true. It seems like people start getting excited about living as missionaries in their backyard, but ...
I hope it is no secret that the aim of what we are doing is to plant the gospel, which will lead to planted churches. We want to see a church planting movement sweep across the Valley and world. Why do we have our hybrid structure that is not overly dependent on the Sunday ...
Last Sunday we hit the rhythm of Listen. In an age of self-absorbed, self-conscious, self-interested, selfish people, what better way to demonstrate love and care for someone than to really listen to them. Here are some of the highlights from our discussion on “Active ...
First things first: The answer is NO. No, I won't be around the wonderful cast of The Jersey Shore when I arrive in NJ. Now, with that out of the way, I wanted to recap the past months as Kay and I've processed, prayed, cried, and been incredibly excited about being sent to NJ to live as ...
God created Adam and Eve and gave them a beautiful and good world to enjoy (grace). He then gave them orders to be fruitful, multiply and subdue the earth (mission). He says in essence, “Fill the earth with people bearing my image who will do the work of subduing this place in my ...