Jesus makes recruiting a team look so easy, doesn’t he? “Hey rugged fishermen over there! Drop what you’re doing and come follow me,” he shouts. And the amazing thing is that they follow. For most planters I talk to, they seem to have difficulty recreating the same results. The fact of the matter is that […]
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Staff Envy
As a church planter, I spent several of our first years planting very jealous, but perhaps not about what one might think. I think most would assume that pastors would be jealous about attendance or perhaps money or buildings or something, but not me. I was jealous of other churches’ staffs. There I was, with […]
White Castle Run: Chicken Rings and Fish Nibblers.
That’s right, we did it. Last night, on the way back from our Oasis Indianapolis church plant meeting, Krissy, Becky Gritton, Andrea Walters, John Eicher Jr (aka Houlihan John), and myself made a spontanteous stop at White Castle in Kokomo. While driving by the restuarant Becky, John, and Andrea all commented that they had never […]
OasNet: 40 at $40
OasNet wants you! We are in the process of finishing up the OasNet partnership materials, complete with the promotional video (www.oasnet.net). These packets should be out still in early 2008. The first phase is to find 40 additional people to partner at $40 per month with the Oasis Network For Churches. OasNet, as it’s called, […]
Oprah, Church Planting, and Donations
So I’ll be man enough to admit it…on occasion, I watch Oprah. Please note, the majority of the time it’s with my wife, but yeah I watch it. But it doesn’t make me cry, it makes me mad. Not mad at Oprah, but mad that I’m not doing this stuff, and instead, I’m at home […]