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 [...]
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 [...]
I was talking with a woman in our church recently who has a grandson in Andover that doesn’t go to church. When she heard about Epic Church going into Andover she was so excited that I might be able to make a connection with her grandson and hopefully help him find his way back to [...]
I was recently thinking back to the time when I didn’t know God. I knew of God, I knew of Jesus, but I was truly disconnected from Him – I didn’t have a relationship with Him. I was trying to share with some of our teenagers just how hopeless those days were. Death was constantly [...]
I was doing a little studying this morning on the demographics of some locations Jenni and I have been praying over for a specific place to plant Epic Church. I ran across these statistics that just hammer home to me the need for new churches in our country! These statistics are all taken from the [...]
As is the case with our sight, vision in an organization can get out of wack and we need regular check-ups to make sure we are seeing the picture clearly. I was talking with a friend today about planting Epic Church, and I realized just how much of a passion God has placed in my [...]
When a church launches large it causes the church to become infused with an outward focused DNA, Here is another quote from Church Leaders Insights on the subject: Keeping the goal of launching large in front of you causes a shift in the early DNA of your church – you will have an outwardly focused [...]
Last night Jenni and I met with the Missions Ministry of Bible Christian Church. It was a really good meeting. I love getting to share the vision of Epic Church! There is something in me that says I was born for this! I am sold that we will stand/fight/and die on the field of reaching [...]
Today we visited three churches: Rocky Mountain Christian Church LIfebridge Christian Church Flatiron Community Church Each one was a little different. What impressed me about each was how well targeted they were to the group of people they were trying to reach. Each one was completely different, but perfect for their audience. Flatiron was the [...]
Yesterday, Jenni and I went to Salina to interview with CEA of Kansas (they are a church planting organization that would support Jenni and I on this venture of planting a new church). Jenni and I had both talked about how tight money has been lately and how we didn’t really know how we would [...]
