Ten Church Planter Essential Qualifications
By Pastor Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director
This is a longer blog than normal, but these are the notes from my talk at Exponential 2009 in an effort to serve those who attended and wanted to engage dialogically in the conversation live.
The Power Point Handout is found here.
Introduction
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. When we assess church planters in Acts 29, the top five negative conditions identified are in order, Theology, ...
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How Mark Driscoll Leads
By Pastor Scott Thomas
A lot is written about leadership principles. Most of it is written from a sterile academic perspective or from theory, not from real life. I am asked a lot about what makes Mark Driscoll so successful. He’s a complicated dude. In fact, I usually tell people that he is a “freak” to dissuade them from trying to be Driscoll 2.0. I say that with the greatest amount of respect and admiration because he is one of a kind. Most world-class leaders are.
Mark has some methods he employs that make him a great leader. I offer 6 ways Mark Driscoll leads to inspire us toward leadership.
Jesus Leads Mark. Mark continually emphasizes the fact that Jesus is the Senior Pastor of the Church, Sovereign King, Lord, Ruler of our ...
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Mercy on the StreetsBy Pastor Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director
“I have been in Seattle for ten days,” Eddie said. “I am looking for a job. I am a heavy equipment operator and I can’t find any work so I have to sleep here [points to the sidewalk].”
Men sleeping on sidewalk across from Union Gospel Mission
On Good Friday, a few of us went down near the Union Gospel Mission in Downtown Seattle to show mercy to the homeless. We were prepared to hand out sleeping bags that were donated by several readers of our blog. We weren’t prepared to be as impacted so meaningfully by the men we encountered. Our strategy was not to chuck the sleeping bags out of the back of my truck Kamikaze-style, but rather, to walk up to those who appeared to be homeless ...
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San Diego Boot Camp: Missional Influence
Missional Influence: Multiplying Leaders on Mission for the Gospel
May 5-6
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San Diego Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2009
Host: Kaleo Church
New Life Presbyterian Church 5333 Lake Murray Blvd. La Mesa, CA 91942
Cost: $149 each
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Theme: Missional Influence: Multiplying Leaders on Mission for the GospelPrimary Text: Book of Nehemiah (Gospels, Acts, Pastoral Epistles)Premise: Jesus relies on leadership multiplication as His chosen vehicle to spread the gospel and to establish His church for His glory through redeemed lives.
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If it Ain't Broke, Don't Follow it.
Picto:Blog April 9, 2009
by Pastor Scott Thomas
Photo by Adriel Ifland, Acts 29 Administrative Assistant
Missional leaders influence others to follow them through their brokenness. How does brokenness help a leader to lead? How is the gospel displayed through brokenness?
One aspect of leadership through brokenness is being a leader who regularly repents and does not hide. Darrin Patrick warns would-be planters of falling prey to power & control, the "two great sins of leadership" and preaches on Paul's ministry and how it was marked by confession, dependence and weakness more than it was marked by strength, vision and opportunism (listen here). "Godly character is grown in dependency crises," states Patrick. ...
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