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Beating Bitterness

By Dustin Neeley, A29 member and planter of The Crossing Church, in Louisville, Kentucky. He also runs “Church Planting for the Rest of Us,”...

The Rising Tide of Chinese Christianity

NPR reports on one of the most amazing advances in the history of the Christian movement. The missionaries planted the seed of the gospel but...

The Look That Kills

I had the honor of endorsing a book a couple months ago entitled The Look That Kills . This great little book was written...

What Makes a Great Campus Pastor?

The following is a guest post from Jim Tomberlin, which appeared in REV! Magazine, July/August 2009. I thought this would go well with what...

Interview with a LifeChurch.tv Network Church Pastor

The following is a recent interview with Patrick Moore, Pastor of Life Church in Franklin. They are a Network church of LifeChurch.tv. What is...

Spirit > Might or Power…

“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the LORD Almighty. - Zechariah 4:6 How differently would we live if we truly...

You Need A Heart of A Shepherd

This post is adapted from Darrin Patrick's book Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission, available to preorder now. From CEO to Lead Shepherd Thankfully, there has...

It’s 5:21am in the morning. . .

I got up this morning before 5:00am to drive across town with Dave Lawton for a prayer meeting with his church planters. Along the way...

Kingdom Without Borders

Miriam Adeney tells the story of how the gospel saved a whole people from annihilation. In Borneo, in the middle of the nineteenth century the...

Controlling Control Issues

I had an opportunity to speak at Mosaic Pasadena this past weekend.  Here are notes from the message: Have you ever felt pressure to have...

Interview with a North Point Strategic Partner Pastor

This week we’re switching from interviews with campus pastors at multi-site churches to interviews with senior pastors at network or partner churches...

Not Ashamed…

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first...

Emerging Doubt (Continued)

I’ve always had my doubts . . . Four years ago emerging church leader, Brian McLaren, called for a five year moratorium on making pronouncements...

Why Can't We Be Friends?

Can men and women just be friends? Seems like the age old debate, but as I get older I’ve come around a little...

Church Planters!!

Hey Church planters! You’re going to want to get this book.   Darrin Patrick serves as lead pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis, Missouri, which...

The Campus Pastor Interviews: Larry Van Laar

The following is an interview between Larry Van Laar of North Coast and me from October 2008. These are Larry’s answers: What did you do...

A Sacred Trust

Matt Adair is replanter of Christ Community Church in Athens, Georgia. He wrote earlier this month on Embracing Your Unique Gifting and Leveraging it for...

Leading and Loving It

I’m so proud of my wife. She’s part of a group of pastors’ wives who have started an amazing ministry called Leading and Loving...

Meet a Church Planter | Mark Campbell

Pastor Mark Campbell | Lead pastor of Portico Church Arlington | Arlington, VA Call to Plant I came on the staff at Portico Church, an Acts29...

It’s Not About You

Jesus is the true and better Adam who passed the test in the garden and whose obedience is imputed to us. Jesus is the true...

‘Understanding Precedes Refutation’—Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles in Babylon Conference Is Curious

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

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