Step out of line and you ensure the ire of the religious people among us. Three people illustrated this, nastily, when my wife and I first planted a church. Their deepest problem was fear of change...
Church planting is becoming crucial to the survival of Christianity in America. Let’s stop gazing at the crop in the barns. We need to look at the fields yet unharvested. To pastor the biggest church...
Peter Drucker wrote that we must measure, or judge every effort. He added, “…the single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that results exist only on the outside.” If results...
Some time ago, I spoke with a hurting former church planter. The church he led died a couple of years ago. He was feeling bad about the death of the church he loved. Where he saw failure, I saw a...
Few times in my life have I ever read what I would call “a dangerous book.” I’m talking about content that leaves you questioning your thinking and challenges you to live differently—something that...
Have you noticed that the people who attend your church are a reflection of who they see on the way in the door? Whether you are church planting or pastoring a long-standing congregation, the “face”...
(NOTE: Watch a 4 minute video of Patrick) I moved from Ghana to the United States because of a command, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father...