The articles in this series on the G12 Church model include: Part I: What abusive churches are like Part II: Our experience at MercyChurch Part III: The G12 model – roles Part IV: The G12 model – processes Part V: The G12 model – my...
NOTE: This post is part of a Series on the G12 Model In Part I, I discussed what I’d heard about the G12 model, and the possible cult-like abuses that may or may not be occurring in G12 churches. In Part II, I outlined our...
NOTE: This post is part of a Series on the G12 Model My wife and I spent our 6th, and best anniversary so far, in the San Luis Obispo area (SLO) last weekend, and enjoyed reconnecting with one of my missionary buddies from 15 years ago...
I have often heard people say that they have stopped attending church, but the reason that I have thought about most recently is the statement that people stop going because ‘church is boring.’ There are at least four reasons why someone might be bored with...
Nope, not a joke – available at retailers soon. And, you can enter to win a signed R.C. Sproul trading card at Christians in Context. Of course, everyone knows that the best theologian is a dead theologian – there are at least three Dead Theologians...
Chuck Colson, speaking yesterday at the 19th Annual National Conference on Preaching, hits the nail on the head in describing what’s wrong with the churches today: they don’t know what they believe. (Hat tip: WorldMagBlog) “Of course we care about the world. Of course we...
Washington D.C.’s Ebenezer’s Coffee House is owned and operated by National Community Church, on the ground floor of their church office building. It has done so well financially and as a tool of outreach, they are thinking of franchising it out to other churches. From...
Our church is kicking off a pretty cool 5-week program called REVEALED: 30 Day Churchwide Stewardship Campaign, or what we are calling 30 Days of Stewardship. But before we can do this program, there are 12 weeks of preparation by those leading the program –...
