I just heard Ed Stetzer on the Planting Channel talking about some statistics about the North American Church. One of the things he said was that North America is the only continent where the Gospel is losing ground rather than advancing.  He said most church growth has been transfer growth. We have to be planting [...]
Rock Andover.com is our new church missions portal for Epic Church. We want to provide world class missions opportunities for churches and youth groups to experience the power of culturally relevant evangelism and community service!
We believe that we can completely and eternally alter Andover through these trips! I can’t wait to see how God uses [...]
So, I am currently on another Wichita trip that is chocked full of meetings with Pastors and Community leaders. Yesterday I met with pastors from East-side Community Church (great guys - know what they are talking about, can’t wait to learn from them), Riverlawn (Jeff Isaacs has been nothing but supportive - he is a [...]
Last night I lead a discussion with our ministry team leaders at BCC. We looked at what it means to have clarity in our process of making disciples. We talked about the need for people to know exactly what they are getting into and what we expect of them. It’s funny, none of us would [...]
Well, according to a study done by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, 36% of Americans attend church.
According to the Washington Times, the lead researcher for the study believes that Americans exaggerated their attendance:
When asked at a press conference whether he was certain that one-third of the American populace is in church every [...]
So, this past weekend, Jenni and I spent quite a bit of time thinking through some community events for when we reach Andover. I don’t want to spill the beans yet, but we both are super excited about the ideas we are cooking up and praying about. I feel like God has really called us [...]