Our staff recently wrote our faith stories/ conversion stories in 140 characters (the limit for Twitter). Here’s the faith story of Donnie Stover, one of our Youth Ministers: I used to think all God cared… Tweetimonies: Donnie Stover
Bob Hyatt introduces us to the sin of “preaching for the nod” in a recent post. He writes this:
Every once in a while I find myself preaching for the nod. That’s when we try to hard wire a bit of ego-stroke into a Sunday morning message. We do it a lot, and it’s so easy—insert that small comment, that little aside, or even that main point that we know will appeal to the sensibilities of certain listeners. You know, the left-leaning (or right leaning) political comment. The doctrinal aside that scratches the itch of that person so prone to give up the “Amen” or the vigorous head nod…
In our staff meeting today, we watched part one of a speech given by Bill George at The Leadership Summit hosted by the Willow Creek Association. George is a professor at Harvard Business School, the… The Four Critical Words for 21st Century Leaders
“There are three kinds of churches in Memphis and it takes all three to do comprehensive urban outreach.” These words were shared today by Fenton Wright, director of The Shalom Project in Memphis, TN. For… What role does a suburban church play in urban ministry?