by Chris Sims | Feb 11, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
What do I do when the church plant actually begins to grow? What about when it outgrows my leadership? Do I slow it down or is there a better solution? This is a great question for any role of leadership in any organization but especially something as new and...
by Chris Sims | Feb 4, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
In any church or ministry we have to be prepared to live our lives as followers of Jesus from within the culture and context where God has placed us. This is a foundational consideration for a church planter. It is not an accident that we are serving God in our city...
by Larry Ashlock | Jan 29, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions, Op-Ed
Compassion Fatigue: Weary of Doing Good “And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us (Acts 16:9).'” Compassion Fatigue The migration of countless...
by Chris Sims | Jan 28, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
Some weeks can be hard right? As far as church planting weeks, this has been one of my toughest yet. We have experienced a legal threat that will require us to change our name. We have heard the news that our lease won’t be renewed therefore we must hustle to find...
by Jimmy Dorrell | Jan 27, 2016 | Counseling, Ministry, Missions, Op-Ed
I get a lot of letters from inmates, mostly friends and acquaintances I’ve known from Church Under the Bridge, Mission Waco or my neighborhood. Most are incarcerated for small, non-violent crimes, though there are some exceptions that include even life sentences....
by Stephen Suffron | Jan 26, 2016 | Faith & Heritage, Leadership, Ministry, Missions
I invite you to imagine with me a country with a rich Christian heritage. Old church buildings dot the landscape, once filled to capacity but now home to a dozen members in one building, a couple dozen in another, perhaps a hundred in the larger churches. These...
