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Mar 19, 2008 Authored by Mark Driscoll
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
Mar 12, 2008 Authored by Mark Driscoll
It has been a super busy few weeks and I thought it would be fun to catch folks up on some of the highlights...
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Jan 10, 2008 Authored by Mark Driscoll
In light of the New Year I wanted to share some advice with fellow preachers. One of the best things a preacher can do to improve their preaching ministry is to plan out what they are going to preach at least a year in advance. This allows the preacher to begin their research and study well in advance so that when the week of a sermon arrives, they will be well on their way to speaking as God intends... Read More
Oct 12, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Lots of questions have come up in why we use video for delivering sermons during church services at many locations, so I did a little lecture to answer the questions for anyone who cares: Read More
Oct 1, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
In February 2008 I am publishing my next book along with my friend Dr. Gerry Breshears. It will be titled Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions. I am really excited about this book since it is my first hard-bound book and is by far better than anything else I have published to date. Additionally, my friends at Crossway have been great to work with. They are aiming for 50,000 sales the first year, which is a big deal and would put the book on the New York Times Bestseller list but, alas, nowhere near the level of all the books on flying people and the end times. This book is also the first in an entire line of books called Re:Lit (Resurgence Literature). To help get the books sales started, we’ve done two things for you and anyone else you can help me get the word out to. Read More
Sep 1, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
As President of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network, one of the joys of our work is networking with various denominations, as well as other networks, to see gospel-centered, Jesus-loving, Bible-preaching, risk-taking men planting churches as fast as possible. Some of the church planters in our network are in independent churches, some are Presbyterians, some are Baptist, and there are a host of other such partnerships that we thank God for. Read More
Aug 24, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
In this 5 minute excerpt, Mark Driscoll speaks to the dynamics of the family behind the scenes in planting a church especially defining the role of the church planter’s wife. Read More
Aug 13, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Tim Smith, Mars Hill Church's worship pastor, has a deep passion to equip and encourage other worship leaders as both theologians and musicians. As a result, he is now embarking on a series of new projects that I wanted to let everyone know about in the following interview we conducted. Read More
Aug 2, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll shares in this three minute audio clip some of the lessons he learned in the beginning stages of planting Mars Hill Church and offers great insights of what to avoid as a pastor. Read More
Jul 17, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Listen to this 5 minute audio from Mark Driscoll and Scott Thomas explaining the importance of calling for a church planter including what it means to confirm your calling, being called to a geographical location, the timing of your call and some practical steps of what to do next once you are called to plant a church. Read More
Jul 2, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
At our 2006 Reform and Resurge Conference in Seattle, my good friend Pastor Darrin Patrick from The Journey in Saint Louis spoke frankly of the burden that pastoral ministry is. He presented the following statistics... Read More
Jun 8, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Religion says, if I obey, God will love me. Gospel says, because God loves me, I can obey.
Religion has good people & bad people. Gospel has only repentant and unrepentant people.
Religion values... Read More
Apr 23, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
A godly leader must make great sacrifices to begin a new work. Starting a family comes at a great expense. Starting a business comes at a great expense and starting a church or ministry will only come at a great expense to the leader.
Nehemiah led the Jewish people to rebuild the broken walls around Jerusalem. He secured financing and time off (12 years) from King Artaxerxes to lead the people to reverse the desecration they were experiencing since their return from the exile. After fighting the initial opposition by outsiders, Nehemiah addressed the oppression by insiders. God's people at that time experienced financial hardship due to high taxation and famine. Furthermore, the unrighteous rich were taking advantage of the righteous poor by charging high interest rates on loans and then taking their fields, vineyards, houses and even children as slaves when they defaulted on their debts. Even Nehemiah had succumbed to the temptation to increase his own wealth through unjust means.
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Feb 19, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
Nehemiah led the people of God to rebuild the devastated walls of Jerusalem in just 52 days in spite of opposition, ridicule and internal conflict. Nehemiah applied a principle in his life that is sometimes overlooked in our analysis of his leadership principles. What made him so effective and what can we learn from his response to the trouble that had overtaken the survivors of the exile? Read More
Jan 17, 2007 Authored by Mark Driscoll
If Christianity is going to make a difference in the world, its leaders cannot just sit around waiting for the phone to ring and answering every e-mail complaint that hits the inbox. Leadership is not keeping everyone happy (that will never happen—especially for me). Leadership is not just gathering a bunch of mostly stubborn people together on Sunday. Rather, leadership is moving people in a passionate drive toward the mission of God.
Nobody exemplified this better than Nehemiah. The Book of Nehemiah is not just about building a wall. It is about missional leadership—building a city within the city. It is a story about how God’s people worked to live as a countercultural kingdom amidst an opposing culture. It is an inspiring story of how church leaders today can lead with humble confidence to build a safe place to gather as a city within the city for the good of all.
Nehemiah raises many missional leadership questions every Christian leader must seriously answer if they hope to build a city within the city. The following twenty questions are general principles. They will be most beneficial if used along with the reading of Nehemiah so that they can be specifically applied to actual ministry issues.
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