Julie, Emily and I went to a screening of Evan Almighty last night (6/5). Unfortunately I am under an oath of secrecy and can’t give you a review. Except…. Go see this movie, it is worth the cost and time....
Yesterday I spoke on Eternal Investments as the topic with the content of the message being on tithing. I know what you are thinking, “Crud, another preacher wanting my money!” Well, as a matter of fact, if you are part of Bridge Church, yes we do want you to give to the work of Christ [...
One of the most popular videos on YouTube.com is Charlie the Unicorn. What? Could it be that you have never heard or viewed this famous video of how a unicorn falls to peer pressure? Then, friend you must click the photo of Charlie and be prepared for one of the greatest cinematic pieces of the [&he...
What is so different about churches today from the way they were one hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? Or even 20 years ago? Depending on who you speak with you will get varying answers that range from serious or comical. Bridge Church began running a couple of billboards in our area that advertis...
Final Thoughts I had heard about the Exponential Conference several months ago from a church planting website. I thought it would be nice to get together with other church planters and hear how they are doings things to find out what is working and what is not. One thing I re-learned that I have kno...
Neil Cole Church Multiplication Associates www.cmaresources.org Neil Cole is the founder of CMA and Awakenings Chapel. He is the author of Organic Church and Cultivating A Life for God. Neil spoke this morning with Dave Ferguson on the topic of Reproducing Churches. Dave started off with the stateme...
Dave Ferguson closed the day’s conference with a talk on Rapid Reproduction. Dave and four friends launched Community Christian Church in the west suburbs of Chicago. CCC averages 4,600 in attendance at eight sites every weekend. He co-founded the NewThing Network (www.newthing.org), a catalys...
Shawn Lovejoy is the founding and Lead Pastor at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, GA. In six years his Mountain Lake has grown from 4 people to over 2,000. Shawn spoke this afternoon on leveraging vision in your new church plant. He focused specifically on the church planter as a prophet and h...
The morning main session speaker at the 2007 Exponential Conference was Ed Stetzer. Ed’s passion is helping church planters and established churches in becoming missional as outlined in the Bible. Unfortunately many pastors and churches have no clue what it means to be missional. Mission...
Good Morning! Quick update before breakfast. Yesterday I got to see some friends I hadn’t seen in awhile and meet some friends whom I had only spoken with on the phone. The first friend I ran into was Ed Stetzer, who is the Director of Research and Missiologist for NAMB and has authored ...
