You ask, "Okay, so why the big difference? Why is church planting at large stalemated but the churches you are planting rock!?
I'm sorry for the mainstream terminology, but it's called 'Branding.' In my time launching and leading churches, growing from 5 to 7,500, we served and served and served.  With each bottle of water that [...]

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How is a pastor-leader to spend his or her time each week? It is amazing to me how many of us have no clear answer to this question. Though we complain of being overworked, I believe it  is really more a matter of being scattered and diffused than being over-worked. 
Since my disastrous medical experience [...]

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Okay, now we are ready to dig in and serve those in our cities who are in need. We have listened carefully to the Spirit and have seen the needs of those around us. How do we begin to meet those needs? With servant hearts, kindness and generosity. Let the Spirit inspire you with ideas [...]

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I don’t know a single leader who signed up or joined  the calling to be a leader in the Church to do anything less than to change the world. Maybe that’s not where you have ended up settling on recently or giving into at long last after what you have termed “realism” has set in, [...]

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