February 1, 2012 in
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So we’ve all seen the stats. It seems like the church is rapidly loosing influence with the next generation. Barna President David Kinnaman examines the 6 reasons in a new article in Christianity Today. The six reasons he lists are… 1. Isolationism. One-fourth of 18- to 29-year-olds say church demonizes everything outside church, including the [...]
December 12, 2011 in
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I think there’s a growing and disturbing trend in the church today. There’s often this assumption that spiritual maturity is happening if you’re attending more services this year than last year. That spiritual maturity is happening if you know more about Scriptures this month than last. But often our hearts are growing colder and colder [...]
March 10, 2011 in
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Yesterday, I was doing a little study in Philippians and once again I was floored by these six verses. The application of these verses can alter the way we lead and live.. Philippians 2:3-7 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to [...]
February 1, 2011 in
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I’ve got two pictures for you today that are worth a thousand words and then some. For me they represent why I get out of bed every day. The first is of our most recent Cross Point campus that was planted in India. The small group [...]
October 22, 2010 in
Church Planting with
Calling all church planters. Join me for a Backstage Leadership discussion on ChurchPlanting coming up on November 30th. Come enhance your leadership. Spend 90 minutes learning with Mark Batterson and yours truly. Bring your best questions, and we’ll spend our time in Question & Answer dialogue going deep on the inner workings of church planting. [...]
May 13, 2010 in
Church Planting with
Many of you know the first church I planted was in Morgantown, KY. So many of the experiences that I write about in Plan B came from my time there at Morgantown Community Church. Morgantown is a city of about 3,000 people in the city limits and an addition 9,000 or so in the entire [...]
April 8, 2010 in
Church Planting with
While next week is going to be crazy busy I’m so looking forward to seeing many of you in person. I’m going to be out in Kansas City on Monday and Tuesday speaking at the Worship Together Conference with an amazing line up of worship leaders. Somehow I think I’m going to be the only [...]
March 22, 2010 in
Church Planting,Multi Campus,Videos with
If you weren’t at Cross Point yesterday, you may have missed our update on the new Bellevue Campus construction as well as the announcement of the date we’ve set to open the campus. Exciting times! Faith Hope & Love Update_3.21.10 from Cross Point Church on Vimeo.
March 9, 2010 in
Church Planting,Friends,Leadership,Relationships with
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. [...]
January 12, 2010 in
Church Planting,Leadership with
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 [...]
