Most ministry teams are divided into visionary leaders who constantly dream up the next big idea and pragmatic leaders who see the details and steps to make the vision happen. It is rare to find a leader who has the ability to do both effectively. I call them Bridge Leaders. If there is someone on [...]

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Easter Sunday, right after church, I left for vacation. Confession: I take 4-5 weeks of vacation every year. I know for some of you that may feed the stereotype that pastors only work one day a week! However, those closest to my ministry and the ministry of others knows better. On the contrary, most pastors [...]

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God has been dealing with me lately about prayer. I pray every day. Honestly, however, God has revealed to me lately that: 1. My prayers are often too general. You know: “God bless me; God give me wisdom; God help me today…” and that kind of stuff. I’ve not been as specific and focused in my [...]

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Right now, our church is interviewing a couple of candidates for new positions on our Ministry Team. We didn’t invent all of these, but we utilize these 5 C’s as filters for a potential hire at Mountain Lake. 1. Calling Are they called? Are they willing to sacrifice to be here? Do they believe in [...]

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Velocity 2013 Conference Recordings from Greg Surratt, Kathy Litton, & More #constantcontact http://conta.cc/14pUtrA 

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We recently began releasing the video and audio recordings from Velocity 2013.  God is using churchplanters.com to give pastors, and ministry leaders, permission to do whatever it takes to reach people for Christ.  Over the next few months we will be releasing the content from our most recent conference, here. In the meantime we will be [...]

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We recently began releasing the video and audio recordings from Velocity 2013.  God is using churchplanters.com to give pastors, and ministry leaders, permission to do whatever it takes to reach people for Christ.  Over the next few months we will be releasing the content from our most recent conference, here. In the meantime we will [...]

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Check out this video of Shawn Lovejoy interviewing Leonce Crump II! Shawn Lovejoy/Leonce Crump Interview

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Ministry is one of those things that never gets figured out. Every day, we wake up to countless questions rolling around in our heads: Who? What? When? Where? How? WHO do we need to hire? Who’s going to fill this slot? Who could we possible recruit? Who are we going to have to let go? WHAT is the next step? [...]

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Several weeks ago I read Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal about Spiritual Growth by Greg Hawkins and Cally Parkinson. Greg is the executive pastor at Willow Creek Community Church. Cally is Willow’s director of communication services. The book is based on their research of over 1,000 churches. It takes a hard look at spiritual formation in our [...]

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