Loving the Church

If your pastor does not: know your name know your story know the consistent struggles you face know the dynamics of your marriage notice when something is up with you spend time in your home and vice versa know and play with your kids make themselves accessible to you, for example… have your cell # [...]

I’m stealing this idea from the Parkerson family and adopting this rule not only for my personal family, but also the local church here in Gwinnett that we are family with, as well. The Parkersons have rules in their family.  And I was introduced to this by little Micah (not my son, Micah … the [...]

If you’ve read any church growth or church planting books over the last few years, at least any decent ones, then you know that most church growth in America is what is called “transfer growth” or Christians merely moving from one church to another.  Rarely do churches grow from actually making new disciples. This “transfer [...]