"Our church in Oregon wanted to serve with the church in Missouri. If my biological brothers or sisters were in desperate need, I would step in no matter the cost, right?"
May 22, 2011 – An EF-5 tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri. Acts 29 planter Steev Inge and Mystery Church of Joplin created Mission Joplin to help rebuild the community. Less than two months later the world has moved on, but a beautiful thing has also emerged: churches are not only sending dollars, but people to serve and relieve Joplin’s devastated and homeless residents.
JOIN MISSION JOPLIN: GIVE | GO | PRAY
Who is serving in Joplin right now now? Church members from an Acts 29 church in Lebanon, Oregon. Patrick Bowler, church planter of Valley Life Church answered a few questions for us today.
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Posted in: Mission
Tags: tornado, joplin, relief, help, how to help joplin, mystery church, valley life church, oregon, steev inge, patrick bowler, acts 29, church missions, mission joplin, relief, volunteer in joplin
…Two years after we planted Clear Creek Community Church, I recognized a feeling of emotional detachment from my wife and kids. I don’t remember where the question came from, but I asked myself, “What if my wife and children never feel loved by me?” I thought about how much of a failure I would be if I planted a church successfully, but I did not know how to love my wife and kids in a way that they felt cherished, protected and connected to me. What if I reached the end of my one and only life and thousands of people became Christians, but my children wanted nothing to do with me?
–Bruce Wesley, “Loving My Wife and Children More than Ministry.”
If you haven’t met him, we’d like to introduce you to Bruce Wesley, Acts ...
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Posted in: Marriage and Family
Tags: marriage, church planter's marriage, church planter's wife, wives, wife, church planter wife, church planter wives, pastor's wife, pastor wife, pastor wife's problems, help, love your wife, loveyourwife, genesis 2:24, ephesians 5:25, husbands, biblical priorities, biblical marriage, shepherding, family
Pastor Mark Driscoll is offering free, online leadership coaching for church leaders everywhere. If you'd like to participate in this leadership coaching, or are curious, read more here.
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Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away. The holidays are upon us. We are posting this early to be a help to you as you finalize holiday plans and before they have commenced.
By C.J. Mahaney
Full article available here. Reproduced with permission.
What a family looks like—what a family experiences on a vacation—is largely determined by the father’s attitude and leadership prior to and during the vacation. Some fathers charge into a vacation at a place like Disney World committed to visiting every venue, seeing every show, and experiencing every ride. Every moment and detail has been planned with military precision as the father leads his wife and children on the long-awaited mission. But by noon the first day, the ...
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Rick is not new the the Network, but you may not know who he is yet. From The Village Church (as in Matt Chandler), Rick White planted CityView church in Fort Worth, Texas. At the Houston boot camp in September, Rick popped by the green room to answer some questions for our slightly wobbly camera (apologies! think: MTV).
In this clip, he tells us three ways he struggled as a church planter in the early days. Good words from an intense dude for church planters and leaders, or those who aspire to be.
*The talk Rick mentions in the video is "Idols in Church Planting" and is found here.
And, on November 17-18, Texas Acts 29 members and candidates are invited to CityView Church to be hosted by Rick White and his team for a Regional Training. Jeremy ...
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Posted in: Meet a Church Planter
Tags: elder process, eldership, churches, advice, help, struggles, texas, fort worth, keller, cityview church, rick white, idols of church planting, church planting, acts 29
