The average successful Church Plant will cost a minimum of $300,000 over a three year period. My figures are closer to $500,000. The question may cross your mind as it does mine: “Why so much?” The answer lies in the complexity of starting a Church, from scratch, that is able to maintain a viable presence [...]
I have been reading this book, Jim & Casper Go to Church. The idea is that this Pastor hires an Atheist to go to Church with him at some influential Churches across the country, and then they dialogue over their experience. It has been a pretty interesting read. Perhaps the best part of the whole [...]
A new study shows “22 percent of Americans say they NEVER (emphasis mine) go to church, the highest percentage ever recorded by the General Social Survey, conducted every two years by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago” – and that is up from 17 percent in 2004. A recent cover [...]
There is this trailer park just outside of Garden City, I just can’t get it out of my mind. It is inbetween Holcomb & Garden. The people living there are living in 3rd world conditions. I feel like we have to do something about it, help those people – live out the love of Christ. [...]
Jenni and I have grown quite fond of the show “Eli Stone” on ABC. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a show about a modern day prophet who is slowly growing into the fact that “God” is leading him to do certain things. The show does a pretty good job at not giving homage to [...]
1 Corinthians 9:21-23 (New International Version) 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become [...]
Below is my letter to Bible Christian Church. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to write: Dear Friends and Family, It has been six years since I began working as the High School Youth Minister for Bible Christian Church. I have had the distinct pleasure of working with many of [...]
