We’d like you to meet Acts 29 church planter, Dustin Neeley. Dustin was a teaching pastor at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, and was burdened to plant a new church in Louisville.
Neeley planted Crossing Church out of Sojourn and has a small church that has planted 4 new churches in its 4 years, and is currently “pregnant” with 6 more church planters. We are excited to see this church-planting-church be faithful with the gospel and on God’s mission for the lost.
Neeley’s not a mega-church pastor, and most Acts 29 churches will never be - and he’s working to encourage and resource church-planters with smaller congregations. He’s recently launched a new website, “Church Planting For the Rest of Us” - aimed at ...
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Last week at boot camp, Dustin Neeley (Acts 29 Pastor of Crossing Church, a plant out of Sojourn Community Church) interviewed Matt Chandler in Louisville - and Dustin just posted the first of 2 videos on his Church Planting For the Rest Of Us site. We are excited to introduce you to Dustin, his church and his website on Thursday, but for now want to share this first part of his interview with Matt with you all.
Matt answers:
What is it that makes church planters successful in the long run?
How did you put your preaching together in the early days and how has that changed for your preaching now?
What are some reproducible tips on developing church leadership that you can share?
What is the one thing you'd want a young church planter to know?
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We got some time with a few of the worship pastors from Acts 29 churches today - they are having a worship pastor's workshop track during the afternoons at Ambition. What should a church planter look for when he's looking to hire a worship pastor? We're so glad you asked...
Mike Cosper: Sojourn Community Church, Louisville KY
[Sojourn Church's website & Sojourn Music website]
Tim Smith: Mars Hill Church, Seattle WA
[Mars Hill Church's website & Re:Sound website]
Josh Dix: The Journey Church, St. Louis
[The Journey Church's website]
That's it for tonight; see you tomorrow for Day 2 Live ...
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Tags: worship pastor, church planting, who to hire, acts 29, sojourn community church, louisville, boot camp, mars hill church, tim smith, josh dix, the journey church, st. louis, mike cosper, seattle
Tim Challies Blog Reviews Acts 29
"A few weeks ago I began a series called 'Meet the Ministries.' This purpose of this series is to learn about some of the more prominent or more interesting ministries seeking to serve the church today. In the past this series has stopped at Grace to You and Desiring God. Today it continues to Acts 29 where Scott Thomas, Acts 29’s Chairman and Director, was kind enough to answer a few questions."
On Rock Stars & A Personality-Driven Culture
Erik Cooper writes a thought-provoking post on what he sees as a factor in people choosing to live in mediocrity. "Our approach to life proves our underlying belief that if we’re not gifted in something that gets noticed by the masses, then we’re really not gifted at all. And in this ...
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What motivates church planters today? Why plant a church? A myriad of reasons are commonly shared, but Bob Thune sees a root issue beneath many of those driving forces: a church planter who is all about himself rather than seeing the gospel formed in others.
Thune planted Coram Deo Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and will be speaking at Ambition, the upcoming Boot Camp in Louisville, Kentucky, November 10-11.
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