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• Four March 10, 2010
  Can I just say that I love mission teams. 45 people from 6 churches are coming this week to help us! They are working on our building, passing out thousands of door hangers, serving and supporting us. I literally have no idea what we would do without them.I spent the evening at Sam's Club buying all kinds of stuff for the building. We have our Certifica […]
• Am I a Church Planter? March 10, 2010
  By Scott Thomas Every young man that considers church planting asks the question, “Am I a Church Planter?” It is the question I asked myself many years ago. It is the question we ask every man who submits himself to our Acts 29 assessment process to be a lead planter in our network. Many times he is depending on our assessment process to confirm his calling. […]
• Should I Use a Launch Team Covenant March 10, 2010
  By guest blogger: Doug Foltz Launch Team Covenants (as well as membership covenants) are about one thing: Expectations. In part 3, I talked about filters for deciding who should be on the launch team. The first two filters were beliefs and values. Early on, beliefs and values are merely words on paper. Unless the staff, leadership team and launch team live o […]
• Who Should Be Excluded from the Church March 10, 2010
  By guest blogger: Doug Foltz In this post, we take a look at who should be included and excluded from the launch team. Some of you may be saying, wait did you say exclude? I thought we wanted big launch teams. The answer is yes, you do want a big launch team, but without a few important filters you won’t have a launch team, you’ll have a group of disconnecte […]
• How They Started: Quest Church March 10, 2010
  In 2002, Paul Gillmore started Quest Church in Centreville, Virginia with just five other families.Paul didn't have many connections in the area. When he approached a local mega-church pastor for help, he abruptly ended the meeting and dismissed Paul from his office.But eight years later, Quest is reaching over 300 people each week and doing an amazing […]
• Should I Use a Launch Team Covenant? March 10, 2010
  Pt. 1 Building a Launch Team is Priority One. Pt. 2  How Big Should the Launch Team Be? Pt. 3 Who Should Be Excluded from the Church? Launch Team Covenants (as well as membership covenants) are about one thing: Expectations.  In part 3, I talked about filters for deciding who should be on the launch team.  The first two filters were beliefs and values.  Earl […]
• Find the City Gates March 10, 2010
  Jeremiah is definitely one of the heaviest books in the Bible. But if you can handle the heavy parts, there are some amazing pictures and principles. Jeremiah 17:19 is one example: "Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem."We tend to read the Bible for con […]
• Five March 9, 2010
  I think I lost my mind today! It's been one thing after another...all day long. We started the morning at Dawson's dermatologist. His biopsy from his hand came back cancer-free! He has some form of eczema, but we haven't found the correct treatment yet. Hopefully the new creams will help.I got to work late and after 20 minutes had to leave for […]
• I wlil bilud my cuhcrh March 9, 2010
  Can you read the following lines... And I tlel you taht you are Pteer, and on tihs rcok I wlil bilud my cuhcrh, and the geats of Heads wlil not oevrcmoe it. I wlil gvie you the kyes of the konigdm of hvaeen; wahveter you bnid on etarh wlil be buond in haveen, and wethaver you losoe on eatrh wlil be losoed in heevan. Even with the atrocious spelling, I am fai […]
• We Are Celebrating Generosity! $560k...Still Counting! March 9, 2010
  There have been lots of times since we started COMMUNITY that I have been really proud of how our people have responded to a challenge, but few times more than this weekend!  This weekend was Celebration Generosity where 100% of everything that is contributed we give away to one of 4 teams in the name of Jesus (the Neighborhood Team, the Barangay Team, the V […]