Ed Stetzer spoke in Philadelphia recently on the topic of ‘Missional Movements and Church Planting'. Ever the missiologist pundit, Stetzer gave summation of God's mission to the world and how the church can be and is part of it. Read More
Category: Church Planting
In these last clips from the 2008 Chicago boot camp, Mark Driscoll answers two important questions from the ladies in the audience about the influence of culture and media on the family as well as where Mark's wife comes alive in the midst of planting a church and the messiness of ministry. Read More
Category: Church Planting
‘Seeing God’s vision for the culture is so important in how we live now.’ In the last 50 years there has been fierce debate over the extent to which the church should be involved in evangelism, social action, or both. ‘The gospel is not a culturally specific truth. It transcends culture. Worship music is not solely the sound that comes out of Nashville, Tennessee.’ Read More
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Roughly two years ago Mars Hill Church experimented with multi-site church, thanks to the influence of my friends at Leadership Network and pastors they connected me with to learn from, such as my buddy Larry Osborne. That experiment has proven wildly successful and we are now a church with seventeen services on six campuses and are expanding campuses rapidly. For us, multi-site has become a second form of church planting and has revolutionized how we do ministry. Read More
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Darrin Patrick, lead pastor of The Journey, spoke at our Boot Camp in Chicago about Leading the Mission. Darrin planted a church in 2002 in St. Louis and it has since grown and seen many people come to Christ as well as he serves as Acts 29's vice-president. In this session Darrin shares how ‘practicing hospitality is more than just inviting Christians over to watch Survivor' and that leading the mission in church planting is a gruelling yet high calling. Read More
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At the boot camp in Chicago this year, Mark Driscoll answered questions from church planters and their wives. With great honesty and candidness Mark spoke about the ways he succeeded and also the ways he failed in loving his family while planting Mars Hill Church. It was a helpful time of Q&A. Read More
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It has been a super busy few weeks and I thought it would be fun to catch folks up on some of the highlights... Read More
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Mark Dever spoke at this year’s boot camp in Chicago about Evangelism in Church Planting. Some may think that wearing a suit and talking about relevance is a paradox, but not for Dever. He spoke with great wisdom, kindness and humility sharing his love for evangelism. Read More
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Almost 1,200 people attended the Text and Context Acts 29 Boot Camp this week in uncharacteristically sunny Seattle for three days of fantastic teaching. Among those were spiritually hungry people from 46 states and 11 countries, 49 Acts 29 pastors, 23 couples to be assessed as Acts 29 candidates and Mars Hill Church staff and an army of volunteers. Read More
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