Today I had lunch with Pastor Mark Hoover from New Spring on the east side of Wichita. I was really impressed with Marks humility and sense of call and direction to reach people who are disconnected from God! It is so good to be surrounded by churches who get it! I can’t wait to see [...]
Lately I have been busy, I mean really busy. I have had more on my plate than I even care to articulate. It hasn’t been bad, I enjoy having a lot to do. What I have found though, is that the tyranny of the urgent can cause you to loose site of the fundamentals. For [...]
I have been thinking about growing older and John 3:16. I know, it’s hard to see how those two things connect. Let me explain. When I was younger, a teenager, and had just come to know Jesus – I really believed that God loved the whole world and sent His Son to die for everyone [...]
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 [...]
So, the question is, “How do you connect through Epic Church?” There are several ways you can connect with people at Epic Church. Initially you can join us on our Launch Team. Once Jenni and I move to Andover we will be meeting weekly with a group of committed families and individuals to talk about [...]
Hebrews 10:24 Just like you need other people in your life to help you grow and connect with God, other people need you. You have a wealth of wisdom and life experience that is the key to unlocking an issue or problem in another person’s life. You have a distinct gift that God has given [...]
Ecclesiastes 4:12 If Humans are anything, we are social. We are in desperate need of other people. We long to know and be known, we long to normalize our experience in the experiences of others. And in a society that has become increasingly segmented and withdrawn we create ways to socially network with other people [...]
So next week Jenni and I are meeting some folks from Andover who have been looking for a church and haven’t really found a home! We are really looking forward to meeting them. I love how God connects people. Honestly, I feel like every time we take a step of faith, we find that God [...]
We want to make it abundantly clear that as a church we are here to serve you and your family. It’s our ambition to bolster the work you as parents are doing to spiritually develop your children. We want to give you both the resources and the confidence to raise your children in a way [...]
As part one of our three part series on our family philosophy at Epic Church, I wanted to highlight the fact that we don’t want families to be passive participants in the process, but we want every generation to be truly engaged in age appropriate ways. We are planning on accomplishing this in a couple [...]
