We live in a me-centered world. Many churches are rapidly becoming me-centered. The consumer (church attendee) arrives at church expecting the supplier (church) to provide a flawless product (ministry, style, program) that meets all of their needs. The gospel is merely an added afterthought. If ... Read More
Category: Church Planting
JR Vassar is the founding pastor of Apostles Church in the Midtown/Upper East area of Manhattan. JR launched the church in September 2005. Before moving to NYC in January 2005, he served for four years as the Teaching Pastor of Lake Pointe Church in the Dallas area. Apostles Church has been ... Read More
Category: Acts 29 Church Highlights
Twenty Questions You Should Ask Yourself before Considering Starting a Church Dr. J. Allen Thompson, President of the International Church Planting Center in Atlanta, and coordinator of multicultural church planting for Mission to North America for the PCA. As an executive with Worldteam, ... Read More
Category: Church Planting
Relational Rage Relational Rage is a disturbing characteristic within the body of Christ. Professing Christians are simultaneously dependant on Christ's forgiveness while displaying a colossal reconciliatory deficiency. In other words, church people are intentionally hurting one ... Read More
Category: General
Paul Dean, an Acts 29 church plant in Issaquah (a suburb of Seattle) is celebrating his one year anniversary this Sunday (January 21) as the founding pastor of Alathia (meaning "Truth"). He has served as an assistant pastor in Ohio, youth pastor in Richland, WA and Tacoma, WA and was a ... Read More
Category: Acts 29 Church Highlights
Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within the City Mark Driscoll, Pastor of Mars Hill Church, President of Acts 29 Network If Christianity is going to make a difference in the world, its leaders cannot just sit around waiting for the phone to ring and answering every e-mail ... Read More
Category: Leadership
This time of year prompts many people to make New Year's resolutions-even if they know they made the same ones last year with no real evident change. The most common resolutions are dieting and exercise, finances and something to do with relationships (marriage, family). Most ... Read More