I just got done with part one of on ongoing interview that is being done by Mike Wilder of The Times News here in Burlington, NC on the planting of Pine Ridge Church. The first interview went really well and I am really looking forward to seeing and reading the story being done on us. [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Spending some time @ T-Road!
April 29th, 2007
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This morning our staff and our launch team headed up to Lynchburg, VA to attend my home town church. Not only did I spend 21 yrs. of my life at Thomas Road Baptist Church, but my wife Becki, our Connections Pastor, Brandon Delk and his wife Bethany and our Life Journey Pastor, Scott Word and [...]
Spending time with other bloggers…
April 28th, 2007
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This past week I was able to spend some time with some guys that I truly consider my best friends in ministry. I have known some of these guys for years and some of them I just getting to know. People ask me all the time why I blog…there are many reasons whey I choose [...]
The Pine Ridge Project…update #1
April 27th, 2007
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The Pine Ridge Project has kicked-off with a HUGE bang! Earlier this week I launched The PR Project, offering 150 opportunities for you, your family or your church to partner with us as we launch Pine Ridge Church. We have had several commitments come in while I was at the National New Churches Conference this [...]
Closing thoughts on the NNCC…
April 27th, 2007
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I finally have a few minutes to sit down and give my final thoughts from the National New Churches Conference. I can honestly say that I had an incredible time this past week in Orlando, FL. First of all you couldn’t pick a better location [other than Hawaii] to have a conference. I think the [...]
NNCC Conference…Shawn Lovejoy
April 25th, 2007
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| Leverage Vision | {Thoughts from Shawn} “God has always wanted to use his people” “Far to many pastors are not prophets they are church planting pansies” “Qualify the unqualified” “We would rather build up those who think they can’t, then regret using those who think they can” Amos 3:7 7 “But always, first of [...]
NNCC Conference…Darrin Patrick
April 25th, 2007
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|Team Building| {Thoughts from Darrin} “Team is over rated” “The greatest resource in your church is you as the Lead Pastor” “The church needs suffering fathers and mothers, who learn to suffer well and lead others.” “No one will care about the church as much as you do” “You will not be able to share [...]
NNCC Conference…main session #2
April 25th, 2007
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|…you will be my witnesses…| {Thoughts from Ed} “Do not start a church if all you have is a vision. Start a church when you have a vision of the people” “To many church planters are in love with someone else’s community. They start churches simply hoping to duplicate that church in a certain place” [...]
NNCC Conference…main session #1
April 25th, 2007
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Derek Brown has some unbelievable notes from the session today…so I went through and edited some of what I had so that we weren’t being too repetitive. Anyways, here are a few other thoughts from Wayne Cordeiro, Lead Pastor of New Hope Church, in O’ahu, Hawaii. |You will receive power when the Holy Spirit [...]
The Pine Ridge Project…
April 24th, 2007
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The Pine Ridge Project has officially launched! There are 150 opportunities for you, your family or your church to partner with us as we prepare to launch this new church. We all know it takes BIG money to start pretty much anything, but we aren’t asking for you to give big money in partnering with [...]
