Rethinking How We Fund Church Planting
If a church plant doesn’t become self-supporting by year four, it’s unlikely to do so. I’d heard this fact from Daniel Im based on research conducted by Lifeway.
As I
How a Pastor Thinks of the Church
I used to be friends with pastors who had a low view of the church. I absorbed this view, and became a worse pastor because of it. Cynicism is corrosive for a pastor
Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
Four Reasons Every Church Service Needs a Time of Confession
Here are four reasons why having a corporate confession matters.
The Revenge of Analog Discipleship
There is no
Good Grief
When the Bible contradicts me, it’s time to sit up and take notice. The problem is never the Bible. The problem is always with me.
I noticed this recently when I read
Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home
If I left right now, I could make it to any of the six places that I’ve called home in less than half an hour. Two of those places — my childhood home,