Ministry and Presence
I’ve been thinking about the story of Jimmy Carter, who was so free from having to worry about where else he should be and what else he should be doing that he
Church Planting
What Church Plants Have that Established Churches (Often) Don’t
Church plants have very little. They have little money, few people, no building, and an uncertain future. Yet church plants have a few things that older churches often don’t have, and that
I Need to Be Reminded Often
Every once in a while, I need to pick up Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission and reread the first chapter to remind myself what is true about our context.
Let me confess:
BiVo
We’re planting a church in downtown Toronto, but we’re trying to do a little more than that. We are trying to discover how to plant churches in the condo communities in
You Can’t Quit This
I told someone the other day that I’m discouraged as a church planter less than 10% of the time, which, it turns out, isn’t a bad ratio. But sometimes in that