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  • The Big C Church

    When Belinda and I moved to Olathe to launch Indian Creek, we didn’t expect other pastors and churches to be excited we were coming. But we were surprised at the sniping and cold shoulders we received. A lot has changed since then. I am thrilled with the progress in KC. There is a fresh new wind of not only cooperation but collaboration in the churches of Olathe and Kansas City. In the rest of this note I want to talk about the kind of attitude and activity that is necessary to bring about the body of Christ working together in a mature and coordinated way. You, even as a planter, can be at the center of this kind of movement. In fact, you can have a central role because you are new.

    First, think Big “C” not little “c”. God is building His Church; He calls it the Body of Christ, in your city. You and your plant are an important part. You are one part of the larger body. You might be a hand in the Church of your city—and here’s the good news--because of you the Body is better equipped than ever to reach your city. In your position you are going to have multiple opportunities weekly to speak about who you are and what you are doing. You will be tempted to focus only on your plant. And no doubt this is a time to cast a clear mission and vision. Of course you can describe what makes you unique. But at the same time you have a great open door to talk about the Big “C” church. If you quickly speak well of the other churches and talk about how you are just one part of many serving God, you set the stage for building unity in the body. Your voice will be timely and strategic to send the right message. It may even serve as a beneficial correction to others who want to focus on our differences.

    Build the kingdom of God not your own kingdom. You will be tempted to play up your distinctions, and I hope you are conscious of the value your plant brings, but even as you invite others in--make it clear you are out to build up the whole Body. You are one part of the whole. The way God sees it there is one Church in your city and one Leader, Jesus Christ. The rest of us are under-shepherds stewarding our congregations and our city under His leadership. It will take all of us to reach our city. Your church could take off and reach thousands and you still couldn’t reach your city by yourself. It is going to take a concerted, collaborative effort to reach our city and it starts with the way we think about who we are.

    Learn to measure more than nickels and noses. We aren’t winning in our cities until the rate of those finding their way back to God outpaces the population growth. It is great that you are a new plant but the reality is in most cities more churches are closing than launching. In most cities the divorce rate is equal to the marriages. Homelessness, run-aways and suicides are at epidemic proportions. These things are unlikely to change unless the churches in a city work together. Where you find unity, love, cooperation, corporate prayer, collaborative and intentional efforts among churches and not-for-profits you will see the light push back the darkness. I suggest you keep track of more than just your own statistics. Learn what the needs are in your community and team up with other churches to make a transformational difference. What happens outside your services is every bit as important as what happens inside your ministries. Team up with others in your city and community to serve your schools, to meet real tangible needs and watch God take care of your needs in divine ways.

    You can do this if from the beginning you have a missional mindset. Think like a missionary moving into your city. Take stock of the kingdom assets around you and work together to avoid duplication. When you see a gap work with others to meet that need as God leads you. You don’t have to do everything. In fact it might be more strategic and purposeful to find one place you can make a difference and use it like a beachhead of transformation.

    Tithe your time to ministry in your city outside your own plant. Get to know the other pastors in your city. Take them out to lunch and buy. Compliment them and learn from them. Promise to speak well of them and cast a vision for One church working together in a coordinated and mature way. Psalm 133 says, Where brothers dwell together in unity God commands a blessing. Pray for the other pastors and churches in your city especially when you are praying with your own team. Invest time in getting to know city officials. Ask the principals of the schools around you how you can serve them. Attend citywide prayer times or concerts of prayer. Join efforts where the churches in your community work together to do serving projects. Make it clear you are there to help the Bride of Christ look more beautiful than ever.

    Avoid the pride that can come when you grow and others are not growing. Enjoy the growth and give God credit for it but realize some of what is at work is others are checking you out from other churches. Don’t give in to comparisons and don’t fall for it when people act you are the best thing to ever come to their city and then they tell you about the failings of others. These church consumers will leave you too and often a trail of destruction in their path when they go. Remember the words of Jesus, Beware when all men speak well of you (Luke 6:26). He also refused to take compliments to heart because He knew what was in the hearts of men (John 2:25). Some of the same ones that cheer you now will speak negatively about you later. Strive to grow by winning people to Christ and making new disciples. And if you are blessed with growth be sure you are also looking to equip people, release them and send them out to expand the work of God beyond you. We are called to reproduce and that means new groups, new missional communities, new campuses and new churches.

    God will honor your efforts and He may even use you and your plant like leaven in your city. There will be a rise of the healthiness and life of the whole Church because of you. Since you are new, you have a unique opportunity to lead. The eyes of many will be on you. God is looking for leaders who are not just looking out for themselves, but for His greater purposes. You have an opportunity to bless the very nature of God and the Church in your city by the way you lead your plant. Go for it!


    When Belinda and I moved to Olathe to launch Indian Creek, we didn’t expect other pastors and
    churches to be excited we were coming. But we were surprised at the sniping and cold shoulders we
    received. A lot has changed since then. If you are interested in that story click over to my blog on What

    Will it Take?

     

    I am thrilled with the progress in KC. There is a fresh new wind of not only cooperation but collaboration
    in the churches of Olathe and Kansas City. In the rest of this note I want to talk about the kind of
    attitude and activity that is necessary to bring about the body of Christ working together in a mature
    and coordinated way. You, even as a planter, can be at the center of this kind of movement. In fact, you
    can have a central role because you are new.

     

    First, think Big “C” not little “c”. God is building His Church; He calls it the Body of Christ, in your city.

    You and your plant are an important part. You are one part of the larger body. You might be a hand in the
    Church of your city—and here’s the good news--because of you the Body is better equipped than ever
    to reach your city. In your position you are going to have multiple opportunities weekly to speak about
    who you are and what you are doing. You will be tempted to focus only on your plant. And no doubt
    this is a time to cast a clear mission and vision. Of course you can describe what makes you unique. But
    at the same time you have a great open door to talk about the Big “C” church. If you quickly speak well
    of the other churches and talk about how you are just one part of many serving God, you set the stage
    for building unity in the body. Your voice will be timely and strategic to send the right message. It may
    even serve as a beneficial correction to others who want to focus on our differences.

     

    Build the kingdom of God not your own kingdom. You will be tempted to play up your distinctions, and
    I hope you are conscious of the value your plant brings, but even as you invite others in--make it clear
    you are out to build up the whole Body. You are one part of the whole. The way God sees it there is
    one Church in your city and one Leader, Jesus Christ. The rest of us are under-shepherds stewarding
    our congregations and our city under His leadership. It will take all of us to reach our city. Your church
    could take off and reach thousands and you still couldn’t reach your city by yourself. It is going to take a
    concerted, collaborative effort to reach our city and it starts with the way we think about who we are.

     

    Learn to measure more than nickels and noses. We aren’t winning in our cities until the rate of those
    finding their way back to God outpaces the population growth. It is great that you are a new plant but
    the reality is in most cities more churches are closing than launching. In most cities the divorce rate
    is equal to the marriages. Homelessness, run-aways and suicides are at epidemic proportions. These
    things are unlikely to change unless the churches in a city work together. Where you find unity, love,
    cooperation, corporate prayer, collaborative and intentional efforts among churches and not-for-profits
    you will see the light push back the darkness. I suggest you keep track of more than just your own
    statistics. Learn what the needs are in your community and team up with other churches to make
    a transformational difference. What happens outside your services is every bit as important as what
    happens inside your ministries. Team up with others in your city and community to serve your schools,
    to meet real tangible needs and watch God take care of your needs in divine ways.

     

    You can do this if from the beginning you have a missional mindset. Think like a missionary moving into
    your city. Take stock of the kingdom assets around you and work together to avoid duplication. When
    you see a gap work with others to meet that need as God leads you. You don’t have to do everything. In
    fact it might be more strategic and purposeful to find one place you can make a difference and use it like a

    beachhead of transformation.

     

    Tithe your time to ministry in your city outside your own plant. Get to know the other pastors in your
    city. Take them out to lunch and buy. Compliment them and learn from them. Promise to speak well
    of them and cast a vision for One church working together in a coordinated and mature way. Psalm
    133 says, Where brothers dwell together in unity God commands a blessing. Pray for the other pastors
    and churches in your city especially when you are praying with your own team. Invest time in getting
    to know city officials. Ask the principals of the schools around you how you can serve them. Attend
    citywide prayer times or concerts of prayer. Join efforts where the churches in your community work
    together to do serving projects. Make it clear you are there to help the Bride of Christ look more
    beautiful than ever.

     

    Avoid the pride that can come when you grow and others are not growing. Enjoy the growth and give
    God credit for it but realize some of what is at work is others are checking you out from other churches.
    Don’t give in to comparisons and don’t fall for it when people act you are the best thing to ever come
    to their city and then they tell you about the failings of others. These church consumers will leave you
    too and often a trail of destruction in their path when they go. Remember the words of Jesus, Beware
    when all men speak well of you     (Luke 6:26). He also refused to take compliments to heart because He
    knew what was in the hearts of men (John 2:25). Some of the same ones that cheer you now will speak
    negatively about you later. Strive to grow by winning people to Christ and making new disciples. And if
    you are blessed with growth be sure you are also looking to equip people, release them and send them
    out to expand the work of God beyond you. We are called to reproduce and that means new groups,
    new missional communities, new campuses and new churches.

     

    God will honor your efforts and He may even use you and your plant like leaven in your city. There will
    be a rise of the healthiness and life of the whole Church because of you. Since you are new, you have
    a unique opportunity to lead. The eyes of many will be on you. God is looking for leaders who are not
    just looking out for themselves, but for His greater purposes. You have an opportunity to bless the very
    nature of God and the Church in your city by the way you lead your plant. Go for it!

    When Belinda and I moved to Olathe to launch Indian Creek, we didn’t expect other pastors and
    churches to be excited we were coming. But we were surprised at the sniping and cold shoulders we
    received. A lot has changed since then. If you are interested in that story click over to my blog on What

    Will it Take?

     

    I am thrilled with the progress in KC. There is a fresh new wind of not only cooperation but collaboration
    in the churches of Olathe and Kansas City. In the rest of this note I want to talk about the kind of
    attitude and activity that is necessary to bring about the body of Christ working together in a mature
    and coordinated way. You, even as a planter, can be at the center of this kind of movement. In fact, you
    can have a central role because you are new.

     

    First, think Big “C” not little “c”. God is building His Church; He calls it the Body of Christ, in your city.

    You and your plant are an important part. You are one part of the larger body. You might be a hand in the
    Church of your city—and here’s the good news--because of you the Body is better equipped than ever
    to reach your city. In your position you are going to have multiple opportunities weekly to speak about
    who you are and what you are doing. You will be tempted to focus only on your plant. And no doubt
    this is a time to cast a clear mission and vision. Of course you can describe what makes you unique. But
    at the same time you have a great open door to talk about the Big “C” church. If you quickly speak well
    of the other churches and talk about how you are just one part of many serving God, you set the stage
    for building unity in the body. Your voice will be timely and strategic to send the right message. It may
    even serve as a beneficial correction to others who want to focus on our differences.

     

    Build the kingdom of God not your own kingdom. You will be tempted to play up your distinctions, and
    I hope you are conscious of the value your plant brings, but even as you invite others in--make it clear
    you are out to build up the whole Body. You are one part of the whole. The way God sees it there is
    one Church in your city and one Leader, Jesus Christ. The rest of us are under-shepherds stewarding
    our congregations and our city under His leadership. It will take all of us to reach our city. Your church
    could take off and reach thousands and you still couldn’t reach your city by yourself. It is going to take a
    concerted, collaborative effort to reach our city and it starts with the way we think about who we are.

     

    Learn to measure more than nickels and noses. We aren’t winning in our cities until the rate of those
    finding their way back to God outpaces the population growth. It is great that you are a new plant but
    the reality is in most cities more churches are closing than launching. In most cities the divorce rate
    is equal to the marriages. Homelessness, run-aways and suicides are at epidemic proportions. These
    things are unlikely to change unless the churches in a city work together. Where you find unity, love,
    cooperation, corporate prayer, collaborative and intentional efforts among churches and not-for-profits
    you will see the light push back the darkness. I suggest you keep track of more than just your own
    statistics. Learn what the needs are in your community and team up with other churches to make
    a transformational difference. What happens outside your services is every bit as important as what
    happens inside your ministries. Team up with others in your city and community to serve your schools,
    to meet real tangible needs and watch God take care of your needs in divine ways.

     

    You can do this if from the beginning you have a missional mindset. Think like a missionary moving into
    your city. Take stock of the kingdom assets around you and work together to avoid duplication. When
    you see a gap work with others to meet that need as God leads you. You don’t have to do everything. In
    fact it might be more strategic and purposeful to find one place you can make a difference and use it like a

    beachhead of transformation.

     

    Tithe your time to ministry in your city outside your own plant. Get to know the other pastors in your
    city. Take them out to lunch and buy. Compliment them and learn from them. Promise to speak well
    of them and cast a vision for One church working together in a coordinated and mature way. Psalm
    133 says, Where brothers dwell together in unity God commands a blessing. Pray for the other pastors
    and churches in your city especially when you are praying with your own team. Invest time in getting
    to know city officials. Ask the principals of the schools around you how you can serve them. Attend
    citywide prayer times or concerts of prayer. Join efforts where the churches in your community work
    together to do serving projects. Make it clear you are there to help the Bride of Christ look more
    beautiful than ever.

     

    Avoid the pride that can come when you grow and others are not growing. Enjoy the growth and give
    God credit for it but realize some of what is at work is others are checking you out from other churches.
    Don’t give in to comparisons and don’t fall for it when people act you are the best thing to ever come
    to their city and then they tell you about the failings of others. These church consumers will leave you
    too and often a trail of destruction in their path when they go. Remember the words of Jesus, Beware
    when all men speak well of you     (Luke 6:26). He also refused to take compliments to heart because He
    knew what was in the hearts of men (John 2:25). Some of the same ones that cheer you now will speak
    negatively about you later. Strive to grow by winning people to Christ and making new disciples. And if
    you are blessed with growth be sure you are also looking to equip people, release them and send them
    out to expand the work of God beyond you. We are called to reproduce and that means new groups,
    new missional communities, new campuses and new churches.

     

    God will honor your efforts and He may even use you and your plant like leaven in your city. There will
    be a rise of the healthiness and life of the whole Church because of you. Since you are new, you have
    a unique opportunity to lead. The eyes of many will be on you. God is looking for leaders who are not
    just looking out for themselves, but for His greater purposes. You have an opportunity to bless the very
    nature of God and the Church in your city by the way you lead your plant. Go for it!

    When Belinda and I moved to Olathe to launch Indian Creek, we didn’t expect other pastors and
    churches to be excited we were coming. But we were surprised at the sniping and cold shoulders we
    received. A lot has changed since then. If you are interested in that story click over to my blog on What

    Will it Take?

     

    I am thrilled with the progress in KC. There is a fresh new wind of not only cooperation but collaboration
    in the churches of Olathe and Kansas City. In the rest of this note I want to talk about the kind of
    attitude and activity that is necessary to bring about the body of Christ working together in a mature
    and coordinated way. You, even as a planter, can be at the center of this kind of movement. In fact, you
    can have a central role because you are new.

     

    First, think Big “C” not little “c”. God is building His Church; He calls it the Body of Christ, in your city.

    You and your plant are an important part. You are one part of the larger body. You might be a hand in the
    Church of your city—and here’s the good news--because of you the Body is better equipped than ever
    to reach your city. In your position you are going to have multiple opportunities weekly to speak about
    who you are and what you are doing. You will be tempted to focus only on your plant. And no doubt
    this is a time to cast a clear mission and vision. Of course you can describe what makes you unique. But
    at the same time you have a great open door to talk about the Big “C” church. If you quickly speak well
    of the other churches and talk about how you are just one part of many serving God, you set the stage
    for building unity in the body. Your voice will be timely and strategic to send the right message. It may
    even serve as a beneficial correction to others who want to focus on our differences.

     

    Build the kingdom of God not your own kingdom. You will be tempted to play up your distinctions, and
    I hope you are conscious of the value your plant brings, but even as you invite others in--make it clear
    you are out to build up the whole Body. You are one part of the whole. The way God sees it there is
    one Church in your city and one Leader, Jesus Christ. The rest of us are under-shepherds stewarding
    our congregations and our city under His leadership. It will take all of us to reach our city. Your church
    could take off and reach thousands and you still couldn’t reach your city by yourself. It is going to take a
    concerted, collaborative effort to reach our city and it starts with the way we think about who we are.

     

    Learn to measure more than nickels and noses. We aren’t winning in our cities until the rate of those
    finding their way back to God outpaces the population growth. It is great that you are a new plant but
    the reality is in most cities more churches are closing than launching. In most cities the divorce rate
    is equal to the marriages. Homelessness, run-aways and suicides are at epidemic proportions. These
    things are unlikely to change unless the churches in a city work together. Where you find unity, love,
    cooperation, corporate prayer, collaborative and intentional efforts among churches and not-for-profits
    you will see the light push back the darkness. I suggest you keep track of more than just your own
    statistics. Learn what the needs are in your community and team up with other churches to make
    a transformational difference. What happens outside your services is every bit as important as what
    happens inside your ministries. Team up with others in your city and community to serve your schools,
    to meet real tangible needs and watch God take care of your needs in divine ways.

     

    You can do this if from the beginning you have a missional mindset. Think like a missionary moving into
    your city. Take stock of the kingdom assets around you and work together to avoid duplication. When
    you see a gap work with others to meet that need as God leads you. You don’t have to do everything. In
    fact it might be more strategic and purposeful to find one place you can make a difference and use it like a

    beachhead of transformation.

     

    Tithe your time to ministry in your city outside your own plant. Get to know the other pastors in your
    city. Take them out to lunch and buy. Compliment them and learn from them. Promise to speak well
    of them and cast a vision for One church working together in a coordinated and mature way. Psalm
    133 says, Where brothers dwell together in unity God commands a blessing. Pray for the other pastors
    and churches in your city especially when you are praying with your own team. Invest time in getting
    to know city officials. Ask the principals of the schools around you how you can serve them. Attend
    citywide prayer times or concerts of prayer. Join efforts where the churches in your community work
    together to do serving projects. Make it clear you are there to help the Bride of Christ look more
    beautiful than ever.

     

    Avoid the pride that can come when you grow and others are not growing. Enjoy the growth and give
    God credit for it but realize some of what is at work is others are checking you out from other churches.
    Don’t give in to comparisons and don’t fall for it when people act you are the best thing to ever come
    to their city and then they tell you about the failings of others. These church consumers will leave you
    too and often a trail of destruction in their path when they go. Remember the words of Jesus, Beware
    when all men speak well of you     (Luke 6:26). He also refused to take compliments to heart because He
    knew what was in the hearts of men (John 2:25). Some of the same ones that cheer you now will speak
    negatively about you later. Strive to grow by winning people to Christ and making new disciples. And if
    you are blessed with growth be sure you are also looking to equip people, release them and send them
    out to expand the work of God beyond you. We are called to reproduce and that means new groups,
    new missional communities, new campuses and new churches.

     

    God will honor your efforts and He may even use you and your plant like leaven in your city. There will
    be a rise of the healthiness and life of the whole Church because of you. Since you are new, you have
    a unique opportunity to lead. The eyes of many will be on you. God is looking for leaders who are not
    just looking out for themselves, but for His greater purposes. You have an opportunity to bless the very
    nature of God and the Church in your city by the way you lead your plant. Go for it!

    Wed, November 2, 2011 (No comments)

  • Don't Build a Better Mousetrap

    It was my privilege to spend three days this week with Jake and Sarah Zaske in NY. What a great city! I've been able to travel to many foreign countries but if you go to NYC you can experience all of them in a day! So planting in NY has it's own complexities. One of the things you can't do is simply build a better mousetrap. Sometimes I see churches attempt to grow simply by doing what they do better than everyone else. You may grow that way but it doesn't mean that you will necessarily grow the kingdom of God. I'm for doing ministry with excellence. I get concerned if we as leaders don't have our eyes on being missional. By that I mean we are helping people find their way back to God. There needs to be transformation and life change--we are becoming more like Him. Ultimately we need to see the church bring heaven to earth in their community. Jake is doing this through Skyline City Church http://www.skylinecitychurch.com Jake has an incarnational parish model that adapts to the culture and brings the Good News of Jesus in a personal way. Life change is taking place through relationships. Gatherings, groups and outreaches are unique to their neighborhood. They aren't out to copy anyone and they are certainly not trying to build a better mousetrap. I love their missionary outlook and the fact that they've committed the rest of their lives to NY. They will plant other churches with their DNA and each of them will be relationally reflective of their neighborhood. (and in NY neighborhoods change every four blocks). Jake has a hundred year plan to reach the city and in a city this big that makes total sense. I get a chance to visit a lot of churches and I love the variety. I am also at times distressed by the inclination of some simply to copy others. I found none of that here! was a very refreshing weekend reminding me of why it is that Jesus calls us to be the Church.
    Sat, April 16, 2011 (No comments)

  • Failing Forward

    Church planters are my modern day heroes. No one knows the sting of swinging and missing more than a planter but keep swinging. Baseball players make a million getting a hit three out of ten times. I love it that you cast vision and only a few catch it, you host meetings where half the crowd you invite doesn’t come; you lead services hoping for home runs and on a good day it is more like a ground rule double—but you don’t quit. If you get knocked down get back in the batter’s box.
    Call it “failing forward” if that helps you realize that the accumulation of little wins in the midst of disappointments still creates progress. This is hard work to push back darkness, to swim against the stream, to overcome human inertia (and your own fears) to gain ground in making earth more like heaven. Motives get sifted, selfish people check out, passions are purified in the process and in the end only God is glorified. This way only God gets the credit.
    I was thinking today about the ten spies who saw giants in the Promised Land and became afraid. They still thought like escaping slaves. They couldn’t and shouldn’t be attempting to claim their destiny or so they thought. But two saw a GIANT God and knew they were children of promise. How do you like those odds? My guess is that you are familiar with daunting giants, long odds and the challenge of getting your own thinking straight. Learn to live with it! This is the life of a planter! He who called you is Faithful and He will do the impossible through you.
    I think we think too much about what we “can’t do” and not enough about what He CAN do. Don’t forget His reputation is at stake in you and His strength in you is stronger than your weakness. If you give Him your best and you keep showing up He will show up in your plant. He loves comeback stories. When something looks dead remember He specializes in resurrections. He knows that we have to surrender pride and give up control in order for Him to truly have His way. Many times what we consider “failure” is actually the very process that allows Him to trust us with great fruitfulness.
    Before He can trust you with success He often allows you to see that without Him you are nothing. And with Him there is nothing that is impossible. Get on your knees today or on your face before God but don’t quit. What you think will kill you may in fact prepare you to be useful in God’s hand. He is the Potter you are the clay—let Him shape you through today’s trials in His own image. There is a Promised Land for you too.

    Mon, January 31, 2011 (No comments)

  • A Surprising Answer

    Recently Belinda and I gathered five couples from our CMA tribe in Phoenix at the Macaroni Grill to have a good time and share life. It was a blast! We laughed, shared wins, agonized with each other over the challenges of ministry and watched the Lakers pull out a final second game-winner over the Suns. Life is good!
    Someone asked me what they could do for CMA. I think my answer surprised them. It also reveals why I am so committed to what we do. I said CMA was launched with an absolute passion for the next generation of leaders and churches. The idea was that the next generation had the ideas, the calling, the skill set and the passion to change the world. They simply needed resources and someone to believe in them. My answer to the question was to find someone in your circle who is a next gen leader and invest in them. I didn’t ask for money or make an institutional request. In essence I said, live out the values we practice.
    The secret behind why the CMA tribe continues to grow is simple; we give the power to the people. We exist to make the planter and the next gen churches make it hard for people to go to hell in their community. CMA is a flat network of planters who resource each other through conference calls, coaching, and relationships based on affinity. We support each other. What Belinda and I, Tom Planck, and Patsy Wootton do is remove obstacles, enable communication channels, connect people, raise funds, direct the chaos and take good notes.
    I learned how to use the Google Wave from Malcolm Tyree, Tom Planck introduced me to Twitter, Kelly Barcol was the first planter I know to use Vimeo for his messages, Greg Hintz instructed me on the benefits of UStream and the list goes on. Mark Krenz started a venue at a golf course and later in a bar, James and Tammy Vogt taught us all how to do a shopping cart brigade in a parade where the crowd contributed groceries instead of looked for a hand-out. The creativity is off the charts!
    Imagine what will happen next as this generation of planters embraces the next generation! The next gen churches are forging new paradigms, breaking down barriers between the church and the community, creating new language and navigating the future. If you want to bear a lot of fruit in today’s culture learn from them. When they engage all that the next generation of leaders and churches have to offer--the growth will be exponential.
    Whenever people ask me about the time I put in on CMA I always answer truthfully—I get way more back than I give away. Who wouldn’t want to play in this sandbox!


    Sat, June 19, 2010 (No comments)

  • Multisite Innovation Lab

    We sent a team from Indian Creek (Ben Stears, Steve Southards, Belinda and Gary Kendall) to the Leadership Network Innovation Lab last Tuesday and Wednesday. This learning exercise was for churches who’ve started their first campus site within the last year and have plans for multiple sites in the future. There was a lot of competition to get in and we felt privileged to learn from the best. We spent two days gleaning from each other and being mentored by experienced leaders like Greg Ligon and Geoff Surratt. We worked on plans and next steps which we are excited to share so we can build on them together. We believe God opened this door for this opportunity and we gratefully thank Him for it. Together we can love our city back to God.

    Sat, March 27, 2010 (No comments)

 

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