In this second post of this series, I want to share with you the foundational issues for our church’s planting and revitalization efforts. Listed below are matters we regularly preach, teach, and talk about among our leaders and our members. Without understanding these foundational issues, it is difficult to understand […]
Theology
Last week, I was in Atlanta speaking at the North America Mission Leaders Conference sponsored by MissioNexus. Their network membership and annual conference registration lists read like a Who’s Who of North American mission agencies and mission leaders. If you and your organization are not connected with them, then I […]
Globalization and the Pressure Points of Our Age–Presentation
We hear stories from the corporate world about research and development departments, including large sums of money spent on keeping everything a secret until the product is ready for release. Corporate spies, insider information, classified documents, and top secret information are constantly matters of concern. Such is not the way […]
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status quo: the existing state of affairs. innovation: the act or process of introducing something new. When it comes to healthy growth and multiplication, leaders must keep these two definitions in mind. While it seems cool to say, “I’m against the status quo; I’m all for innovation,” such is not […]
Status Quo and 2 Billion to Go
This week I’m at the Multiply Louisiana conference in New Orleans. I promised everyone I would post the slides from my plenary session and breakouts. While some of the slides will not make sense outside of the conference context, I am making these available to you as well. In the […]
Presentations from Multiply Louisiana
I am in Wake Forest, North Carolina this week at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary teaching a doctoral seminar on contemporary issues facing the Church. So, I’ve been a little slack in my blogging this week. In fact, I’m taking a break from grading papers to write this brief post. I […]
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