I think one of the hardest things for me is keeping the vision crystal clear in my own mind of what I am called to do as a church planter. Last night I went on a walk and just prayed, asking God to continue to formulate His vision for Epic Church and Andover [...]
In January we are going to kick off the first series in our new sermon shorts. I’m going to be putting video podcasts online each week. The first series we’re going to be doing is called “Living With No Regrets - a look at the book of Acts”. With the new year [...]
Are you bullish or bearish? This is a great question to ask when it comes to church planting. I think now is the time to be bullish! With the current financial temperature of our country and world there is no better time to be investing financially in things that matter spiritually. There are [...]
Man, the Andover Hometown Christmas was amazing! I am really impressed with the Andover Chamber of Commerce. They did a phenomenal job with this event. Epic Church ended up having 14 volunteers show up! It was a blast, thanks to all who helped pull this off! God is doing some cool things at Epic Church!
It is not an easy thing to raise money. Hah, I know this revelation probably finds you with your mouth wide open and scratching your head, but it’s true. Raising money is a hard thing to do, especially when the only thing you have to offer is a vision of what the future will [...]
I just got back from a lunch with a good friend at BCC. I was telling him how the funding that we had been hoping to get had fallen through, see this post, and how bummed out I was. He started to tell me how his kids had decided, after my last sermon, that they wanted [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 mentality [...]
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 most like what I would [...]
