Christmas, age 13.
“Not again! All you want for Christmas is more fishing stuff… you already have lots of fishing stuff. Why don’t you get a baseball glove like normal kids your age…”
“Can’t help it Mom - all I think about is fish. When you are serious about the fishing world - you can’t [...]

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Leader, ask yourself, “What kind of a culture are we being called to build here?”
The primary point of this site, JumpStartChurch, is to give aid to churches that are either stuck or in decline in various ways of measurement.
I’ll tell you what. If you are looking to actually grow a church in [...]

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When an utterance of thanks or praise is made to God by a New Testament character, the context is clearly that the person has been moved from their hearts to speak in this way. They are not parroting a learned speech pattern from someone around them. They have not learned a concocted culture [...]

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If you ask the average person on the street as well as church attendee “What does the command, don’t take god’s name in vain,  mean?” I can assure you people will immediately say, “Using the ‘G.D.’ phrase…”
I too used to think that. While I don’t condone using the G.D. lingo, in my [...]

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Question: Why did Paul tell Timothy “Do the work of an evangelist?” Keep in mind the Timothy letters are directed at leaders – specifically to pastors. I have heard many leaders try to make that line into a call to all the church to take to heart that they were to do the work of [...]

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Ask God to give you a heart for those in your city. Pastors clearly have a heart for those who are the “already – connected” but realize that Jesus focused upon the many. He loved the already here and the not here yet, by faith. He loved a broad variety of people, [...]

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It is indeed true that we are not growing in the western Church (North America and Europe) for many reasons, but near the top because we have no consistent way to give people a chance to come to know Jesus.
Think about your own situation.
A. Do you do a simple, clear cut, [...]

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What is an ‘iinspired idea?’ Simply a thought that has, hopefully, come to us from God in response to our prayers for him to inspire us when we are in need of "intervention."
The older I grow the more I become aware of the bedrock truth of scripture "unless the Lord builds the house [...]

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People often speak of getting off on the right foot to gain success. Getting going is a mere fraction of the picture. We need to discipline ourselves to walk in wisdom all the time.
To accomplish this the first thing that is needed is that we slow the pace of life way [...]

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A need or an opportunity is not the same as a Jesus invitation. If we are paying attention to who is placed in front of us, we will pick up on divine invitations.
When the words “divine invitations” are used I am certain that many reading this readily assume this is something that [...]

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