There’s lots of ways to run a church, but this is how I tend to set them up in terms of the Mission, Process, Program and Goals… MISSION To lead Non-Believers to become Grace-Driven, Spirit-Empowered, Missionaries PROCESS 1. EXPERIENCE God’s Grace 2. CONNECT with each other 3. GROW in our intimacy with Jesus 4. IMPACT […]
KEY PRINCIPLES #1 PRESENT EVERYTHING IN LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL The gospel needs to be preached either explicitly or implicitly at some stage during the message. And everything needs to be preached in light of the gospel. #2 NEVER USE GUILT TO MOTIVATE Guilt will lead to short-term external change. But it will not lead […]
In his exceptional book ‘The Prodigal God’, Tim Keller says… Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, in the main, our churches today do not have this effect. The kind of outsiders Jesus attracted are not attracted to contemporary churches, even our most avant-garde ones. We […]
On the 4th of July, 2015, the Humans of New York Facebook Page posted this image… The post was shared tens of thousands of times and attracted 100’s of thousands of ‘likes’. Even Hillary Clinton commented: “Prediction from a grown-up: Your future is going to be amazing. You will surprise yourself with what you’re capable of and the incredible […]
During June of 2008, a group of influential Christian leaders from the U.S. started a website called ‘JamesDobsonDoesNotSpeakForMe.com’. It was in response to some political statements that Dobson had made about Barrack Obama. Although they admired Dobson for his work with families and deeply respected him as a Christian leader, they did not believe that he spoke […]
