My people ask this question of the church: Why do you have to make life so hard for regular people? Why all of the gridlock? They don’t like the way we “do business.” Guess what? The Church planter needs to laugh more than worry! Although I understand the need for order out of chaos, church [...]
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My people work and live perfectly happily outside of church! In fact, they are not interested in church. I should modify that somewhat: They are not interested in church the way they know “our” church (global church). But they have very good reasons. Over the next several articles, I’d like to share what I’m hearing [...]
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I attended a Northern Virginia Board of Missions meeting yesterday and it was one of the most exciting meetings I’ve ever attended! The people around the table were “normal” people – i.e. not some super-pastor who has the awe and funding to do anything he or she wants to do. What was so exciting? The [...]
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