Posted on June 7, 2008 by tomsterbens I cant tell you the number of times I have heard the following statements: 1. COG World Missions is a, church within a church, they need to be reigned in! 2. World Missions spends the entire 2 1/2% on state side administration! 3. World Missions is out of control, they have no accountability! Continue reading → Filed under: church of god | 11 Comments » »
Posted on April 15, 2008 by Steve Wright Ed Stetzer and The Lifeway Research recently completed a study of small churches. If you would like to check it out click here. Filed under: church planting, trends | 15 Comments » »
Posted on November 8, 2007 by travjohnson I got a call from Tony Lane in the Youth Department for the Church of God about an upcoming conference for emerging, missional pastors in the COG. We talked about what needed to be done to connect with this group. It was a good, engaging conversation…thought Id pass the ad for the conference along as published in the Covenant Resource Magazine. Filed under... »
Posted on September 18, 2008 by travjohnson Aside from calling and spiritual considerations, what are the most critical attributes of a church planter According to Nelson Searcy, the two most critical determinations the Journey Churchmakes when deciding whether or not to support a church planter is the planters ability to 1. raise funds and 2. to recruit a worship leader. What are the skill sets a... »