I heard a story about a church planter a couple of days ago that disturbed me. Basically this guy got a great sponsoring church that was supporting him with the whole package. The sponsoring pastor gave him free reign to recruit from within, a big check every month, resources, prayer… the whole 9 yards. The [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Don’t Be a Brat
Posted in Church Planting, Rants and Raves on March 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gas Prices at an All Time Low!
Posted in Church Planting, Family, Pillar Church on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Virtually my entire ministry career I have lived far away from the church where I serve. Jennifer and I have spent countless hours to and from church plants. Just to give you an idea of the dept of our insanity, here is a rundown of where I have lived compared to where I have worked [...]
Whiteboard & Planting Seminar
Posted in Pillar Church on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who live under a rock there is a pretty hip conference on the horizon for the DC area. First there is this and then the next day there is this. Whiteboard is being put together by Ben Arment. It is going to be really nice to go to a great conference [...]
Highlights
Posted in Things I Like on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last few days some pretty cool things have transpired.
I went to Lakeside CC Sunday night to support one of our Elders, Jonathan Davis. Jonathan is planting a church in the community where he lives. To the bottom left there is a picture of his core group meetings. He has only been going at it [...]
Remembering Maewyn
Posted in Church Planting, International Missions, Things I Like on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Did something a little risky this Palm Sunday by doing a brief biography of church planter extraordinar Maewyn Succat (AKA St. Patrick). Big Green was a pretty exceptional guy. Here are a few highlights from His life.
Kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave.
Enslaved for 6 years Maewyn learns, Irish, and [...]
Odd Man In
Posted in Church Planting on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About 12 years ago a mentor and friend of mine told me that I should involve myself in church planting because may Christians never would. He said that church planting was too hard and scary for most guys. I believed every word he of his lecture and set forth to be involved in church [...]
NAMB Publishes Noah
Posted in Church Planting, Family on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best things about being an SBC missionary is the fact that every year around your birthday people from all over the world contact you to remind you that they are praying for you. Last week I turned 29 and the morning of my birthday my inbox was full of notes from SBCers [...]
Craigs List for Jesus
Posted in Jesus, Pillar Church on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Clifton house has been plagued with illness. In the midst of packing for our move next Friday we have been trying to nurse Noah Back to health from a bad case of strep throat. Thursday night Jennifer stayed home with the kids while I went to our small group meeting. [...]
We the the People
Posted in Church Planting, Pillar Church on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On the three year anniversary of Pillar church (3/30/08) we will be signing our church constitution. Before we adopt the constitution we are releasing it for everyone to read over. Please feel free to give comments, good or bad, in the comments section. Pillar Church has adopted a “Biblical Eldership” form of government. Click on [...]
Over the Edge
Posted in Church Planting, Pillar Church on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am working with my denomination to train new church planters in Virginia. I remember going through these sessions a few years ago. When I went through them that time I had all of my own ideas all lined out in my head before I arrived. The leadership would recommend adopting seven core values [...]
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