Jan 26
Church Planting- Seven Mistakes We Made… That You Can Avoid Pt 1
We made more than 7 mistakes. Trust me. Church planting is one of the most effective ways to reach people for Jesus Christ, to lead people to grow in their faith and to develop leaders. The fact that 40% of church plants fail or close the doors - within the first 4 years of their start – causes us to realize there are some things we should consider carefully. We have been working with ARC to support them in Church Planting and to prepare us to be more effective in planting ...
Jan 25
What I’ve Learned During 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting
We have been engaging in 21 days of prayer and fasting in our church. It has been a great way to build the faith and focus of individuals, of our church as a congregation and for me personally. I’ve been reminded and learned a few things over the last 2 weeks. I wrote down some random thoughts. 1. I could do a lot of what I’m doing during these 21 days – everyday.Everyone is not fasting everyday. I could fast more often than I have this last year. ...
Jan 24
A Vision for Church Planting
I am a church planter. I’ve only planted one church.It was 28 years ago. While this year, 2012, is a year in that Oasis Church needs to enlarge our home base by finding a larger venue – at the same time – I have my eye on Church Planting. “Church planting” is simply starting new churches. I’m excited about what we will begin to do now and what we CAN do in the future. We have been members of the ARC (Association of Related Churches) for ...
