Not exact matches
I'm attending a
church planting conference on April 24 - 27
called Exposed, and I'm looking forward to it more than any other
church planting conference I've been to.
He also co-leads a
church planting organization
called Square 1
church planting, which I have blogged about before.
He studies development studies and belongs to an organic
church plant called Mosaik.
The Assemblies of God has a bold vision,
called MX9, that they will have 1000
church plants planned or underway by 2009.
Then, God
called my family out to
plant a
church with little resources and few people.
I threw one once in the first
church I pastored... I
call it my «Dead
Plant» sermon.
Unfortunately, Christian history is full of people who have either twisted or cut and pasted Scripture to fit their own agendas and prejudices, as well as
church leaders who have taken advantage of people's general ignorance of scripture to
plant their own ideas in people's heads and
call it the Word of God.
1993 I accepted a
call to
plant a presbyterian
church in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.
The writer and speaker
calls their weekends a «crazy chaotic show, from Friday to Monday,» as she flies between Christian conferences before joining her husband, Brandon, at their Free Methodist
church plant for worship each Sunday.
Being
called as the first woman to
plant a Vineyard
church when there were no women leaders around her was «very difficult and painful», she says.
Many of you who read my blog are also interested in
church planting, and so I want to introduce you to a friend of mine, Nathan Laughlin (and his wife Amy), who is heading to Vancouver, BC next year to
plant a network of
churches called «Open Circle.»
Yes, well, if I ever
plant a
church, it is going to be
called «Jeremy Myers Memorial Fellowship and Worldwide Evangelism Center.»
He launched The Rebuild Initiative in 2011 to answer the
call to see more
churches planted in the urban context, and he currently serves as the president of The Rebuild Initiative.
At the age of 21, God
called me to help
plant a
church in Washington, D.C. Nine years later, the senior pastor asked me to succeed him in his role.
In a
plant like ours, we are small and simply don't have enough mass yet to do very many things, and so I have been doing some teaching on the universal body of believers, which is
call «Big C
Church,» and how we can be involved in other
churches in town to get what we ourselves can not offer.
Our new
church plant starts with a leader (let's
call him Pastor Jack).
I remember a Sunday sermon which I now
call «The Dead
Plant Sermon» where I accused the church of being a dead plant that had withered up and
Plant Sermon» where I accused the
church of being a dead
plant that had withered up and
plant that had withered up and died.
The reality is, there are many people who are
called to
plant churches, but feel hamstrung by the stress of success.
And even if you do,
planting the stars and stripes in the sanctuary won't instantly transform your congregation into patriotic idolaters, but the iconography in our
churches tells a story by memorializing in glass and steel and thread and fabric who we are and who we are
called to be.
I don't think it's so much about the levites being paid for their service it's about us doing what's right toward Pastors that must feed and tend to the flock of GOD if GOD has
called them.JESUS even said in luke 10:7 that the laborers are worthy of their wages.In luke 8 1 - 4 it's says even JESUS HIMSELF recieved financial support from the women who ministered to him with their possessions.Now most people today would say he should have been ashamed of taking money from those poor women but JESUS accepted their support and they was blessed for sowing onto the LORD»S work.1 Corinthains 9:1 - 15 says dint muzzle the ox while it tread out the grain was GOD talking about oxes no he was talking about those who labor in the ministry.Who goes to war at their own expense.Or who goes to war but pay for their clothes, guns, etc.No one because the goverment if that country provide these things because of the soilders service.Who
plants a vineyard and don't eat from it.Who tends a flock and don't drink the milk of it.I think it's just spiritual sense to support a pastor that's teaching you the word, casting out devils, laying hands and healing is manifesting in people lived, going to hospitails, prisons, and house
calls to pray for the sick and shut in, going to graduations and funnerals, praying and fasting for himself and the flock.I think a person who think a pastor shouldn't be paid for their service either don't know they need to be paid and need to be taught or they are demonic in their thinking and either hate GOD, PASTORS, AND GOD»S PEOPLE.Why do nt you hear people saying anything against the dope dealers, strip clubs, dope houses, liquor stores, etc.It's only when people give into the LORD»S work that evil minded or misinformed people have a problem with it.No sir we don't have to use the old testament to show that we should support out pastors.You don't use the law, love tells me to support the pastor.Under the new testament LOVE is the greatest of all.Love for GOD and man.If GOD asked for 10 percent under the law to support the levites who didn't have all the responsibilities of Pastor today.
Church rent, gas for vans of thd
church, insurance fir the
church and
church vehicles, feeding and clothing the poor, light, gas, and water bill, mantience on the
church or vehicles, not to mention the Pastor own house, cars, children, insurance, etc.If would be foolish for one to think that a pastor should take care if his house and GODS HOUSE without people supporting the work of the KINGDOM OF GOD.If we love GOD we are going to support HIS KINGDOM and HIS PASTOR.If under the law GOD asked for 10 percent how much should we give under the LOVE COVENANT?Example I love my wife and if I had 300 dollars I would surley give her more that 10 percent which would be 30 dollars because I love her.The law says you must give LOVE says I chose to give because I love GOD and man.Again we don't have to use the law just love and spiritual sense because hate and a carnal senses will not understand.Now I have given you scriptures please do the same when you respond not your opinion.Please respond right away I await your answer.GOD BLESS.
I had a heart for Christian singles, and I wanted to come up with a way where I could not only create a worldwide outreach for this target, but also create funds at the same time for our NJ
church plant called Oasis C
church plant called Oasis
ChurchChurch.
Here's my question: With regard to your
church planting ministry, and from a fellow ministry spouse, how to you distinguish / discern the difference between a «
call» and an «invitation»?