You may be familiar with James MacDonald as friend of Acts 29 Co-Founder, Mark Driscoll, from when they went to see the devastation left by the Haiti earthquake last year, and formed Churches Helping Churches. James is senior pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel and has overseen the planting of 69 churches through Harvest. He also established Walk in the Word, a Bible-teaching broadcast. James is a great Bible preacher and has been a friend and teacher to many in the Acts 29 Network - and will be speaking May 26 at our Nashville Boot Camp.
Excerpted from his blog:
A pastor I have known for 20 years was fired recently. I wish I could tell a tale of harsh Elders, or demanding congregants, but based upon first-hand accounts, he hung himself. Not ...
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Just one week ago, hundreds of Acts 29 church planters were in prayer over upcoming Good Friday and Easter services. They prayed for salvation, repentance, grace and more people to meet Jesus -- and their prayers were overwhelmingly answered.
While we received some amazingly encouraging statistics from Acts 29 members (nearly everyone had record attendances, spontaneous baptisms and new converts), we wanted to share with you some of the personal and anecdotal stories from our church planters across the nation. Please join us in praising and thanking God for his Holy Spirit’s work in the last seven days.
Nate Cartel – Amherst, MA: “My daughter said she loved Jesus this morning and was excited to celebrate him dying for her. Then we had our ...
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Last month in Dallas during the boot camp, many wives attended the Wives' Track hosted by Acts 29 church planter's wives. We recently posted audio from Part 1 of their Q&A time here. Below we're including portions of the transcriptions from Part 1.
L-R: Stephanie White (Ft. Worth; wife of Rick), and Lauren Chandler (Dallas; wife of Matt) who answered the questions below.
"Read Your Bible On Your Phone When You're Up Nursing Again at 3 A.M."
Q: What advice do you have for young moms with small children to structure the home and schedule well?
Lauren: Iʼm not a naturally scheduled person. I definitely thrive when I have a schedule, but just the idea of having to set one up kind of overwhelms me. We started Audrey at a university-model ...
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Last month in Dallas during the boot camp, many wives attended the Wives' Track hosted by Acts 29 church planter's wives. We recently posted audio from Part 1 of their Q&A time here. Below we're including portions of the transcription.
Q&A panel, L-R: Stephanie White (Ft. Worth; wife of Rick), Susan Wesley (Houston; wife of Bruce), Lauren Chandler (Dallas; wife of Matt) and Kara Bruskas (Albuquerque; wife of Dave).
"No, You Can't Have Your Friends Spend the Night on Saturday."
Q: What are practical ways that you minister to your husbands? What do you do to recharge your husbands after Sunday?
Lauren: I try to have a home-cooked meal for him at lunchtime. That doesnʼt happen every time, ...
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Posted in: Marriage and Family
Tags: planter wives answer, church planter wives, church planter's wife, how to handle weekends, preacher's family, preacher family, pastor's family, how do you minister to your husband, how do you help your husband, how do you help the pastor, how to help a pastor, how to handle sundays, susan wesley, kara bruskas, lauren chandler, stephanie white, dallas boot camp
This is adapted from Matt Chandler’s message, “Ministry for the Long Haul,” which he taught in Louisville in November 2009, just days before he would be diagnosed with brain cancer.
In Hebrews 11:33, we’re told of people who, “through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.” In the next verses, we’re told that others, still faithful, “suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword.”
Some of you will shut the mouths of lions. Some of you will be ...
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