Today Scott Thomas spoke at the FIND conference in Charleston, South Carolina, on Gospel-Centered Church Planting. Get the full article here.
I want to talk to you about the way we approach church planting and the making of disciples. I don’t want to dazzle you; I want to talk to you as a church planter for 16 years and as a church-planting director of Acts 29 where we get to play in the sandbox and dream big.
Jesus said in Matthew 28:18-20, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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Our fearless Director Scott Thomas is on a whirlwind tour of teaching and preaching and consulting... from Arkansas to Philly to Ireland and London. Today the Exponential conference team caught him for a few minutes at the FIND conference in Charleston, SC.
Here Scott shares his personal story of church planting, becoming the Acts 29 Network director, and the future of Acts 29.
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Tim Challies Reviews Al Mohler's New Book on the 10 Commandments
"We’ve seen a steady stream of books come from Mohler’s pen in the past couple of years. I have read them all and am quite comfortable saying that this one is the best of the bunch. Logically, consistently, biblically, Mohler looks to the Ten Commandments and then calls us to live in light of those laws, not as people burdened by rules, but as a grateful people acting in love toward a great God." By the way, there's a similar, excellent book by an Acts 29 pastor's wife on teaching the 10 Commandments to your children.
'It's Not Your Church!' R. Scott Clark on Attitudes Towards Church Planting
The Westminster professor & author blogs succinctly on the biblical mandate for the church to be sent, ...
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Eric Mason recently became a part of the Acts 29 Network's Board of Directors. He planted Epiphany Fellowship Philadelphia, PA, about three years ago and has shepherded the young, urban, arts & tech savvy church through a lot of growth. Scott Thomas had the chance to sit down with Eric before he went to speak at the Houston Boot Camp last week, and get an update from him.
Eric says that God's been "dumb gracious," to Epiphany Fellowship as they've grown. He notes how young Epiphany is and says there's a lot of patience needed but that he's thankful that he has an exuberant and passionate young crowd that he has to pull back in wisdom rather than push to motivate. Epiphany will be adding three additional elders soon, too, and they are already ...
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Many know that Matt Chandler is the lead pastor of Highland Village Church near Dallas, Texas. What many may not know is that he also serves the entire Acts 29 Network by being a part of the Board of Directors and in coordinating church planting efforts in the exploding Acts 29 Texas Region.
And what is perhaps even less known is how this highly influential man, clearly passionate about Jesus and preaching his Gospel, personally walks with Jesus. I had the privilege of sitting down with Matt after his talk at boot camp last week and got to ask him about just that.
In this short video Matt highlights two main elements of a personal walk with God:
1. Answer the questions "how will I do this?" and "when will I do this?" when it comes to ...
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