I was reading THIS article the other night and it had a startling quote in there from H.B. London, head of pastoral ministries for Focus on the Family. He disclosed that “at least 70 percent of pastors in the United States claim they have no friends.”
This stat is absolutely heartbreaking and unacceptable to me. No [...]

It’s hard to believe but there’s only a couple months left until the Unleash Conference on March 4th. Last year I took a handful of our staff to Anderson for this conference and we had an absolute blast. God used this time to stretch us and remind us of the importance of the calling He’s [...]

Most of you know that I”m a huge fan of church planting. God has allowed me to be a part of two church plants. Both Morgantown Community Church and Cross Point church were launched because a group of people believed in the importance of launching a church with a unique vision to reach it’s community.
And [...]

My friends Jarrett and Jeanne Stevens are moving from Atlanta to start a church in Chicago called Soul City Church.
They’re risking it all to chase the dream God has placed in their hearts. Just being around them right now makes my heart start beating fast.
Many of you know this weekend is our Faith, [...]

With less than two weeks to go before the launch of Cross Point North we announced this past Sunday we’ll be launching our 4th campus, Cross Point Bellevue, in early 2010. It was exciting to introduce Justin Davis and his family as our latest campus pastor.

I’m the first to admit not every church is called [...]

In a few weeks, after a lot of praying and planning, we’re finally getting ready to launch our 3rd Cross Point campus just North of Nashville.
Several months ago we introduced our latest campus pastor, Kevin Cook, to the CP community. He’s an awesome guy and we’re so excited to have he, his wife Erin, and [...]

I’ve been doing my quiet time out of Exodus lately. Moses is a leader I can learn a lot from.
Exodus 33:15 “Then Moses said to him, ‘If your presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.”
God promised Moses he would send his angel before them and guide them to their [...]

Yesterday someone read a quote from my message on Sunday which Jenni had put on her blog. The quote was,
“We need to stop playing church and start being the church.”
This person contacted me and asked me what I really meant. A quote of that nature probably deserves further clarification.
It means we need to stop arguing [...]

Every once in a while I get the opportunity to talk on the phone or possibly even in person with someone I greatly admire. It’s often a pastor I look up to or a leader I want to learn from. When I get my window of time with them I want to make sure [...]

From time to time someone will ask me about the Cross Point Dickson campus we planted back in January of this year. Why would you guys take the time, expend the energy, transfer the resources, hire the staff and train the volunteers, to plant another campus west of Nashville? Why?
While one reason would be enough, [...]