Matt Carter is pastor and planter of The Austin Stone Community Church in Texas, and we are grateful to have him in the Acts 29 Network. He speaks passionately on the church's mission and recently taught at the Dallas boot camp on The Church Planter's Two Callings.
The following is adapted and excerpted from Matt's message.
You and your wife have two callings on your life as a planting couple. The primary calling on your life is to Jesus Christ. The primary calling on your life is to be his, to belong to him, to be his child. You also have a secondary calling on your life, and that is what you do for Jesus.
Paul talks about these two callings, the primary and secondary, in Philippians chapter three. Paul makes the point that if anyone can put ...
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Adapted and excerpted from Matt Carter’s Orlando Boot Camp message, “Leading Your Church on Mission.”
The Church Leader’s Job is to Equip People for Ministry
In Ephesians 4:11, Paul writes, “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
Think about this in context of your church. Apostles, prophets, shepherds, teachers – this is you and me, the leadership of the church. God gave us these gifts for a reason: to equip the people in our churches to do the work of the ministry for the building up of the body of Christ.
What makes the body of Christ grow?
In Ephesians 4:16 Paul says: “From whom the whole body, joined ...
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“[Your people are] capable, because the power that raised Jesus Christ is sitting in that single mom. The power that raised Jesus Christ is sitting in that young married couple. The power that raised Jesus Christ is sitting in that 60-year-old guy who’s wasted his life making money for himself. You need to find a way to release that…"
Matt Carter is Acts 29 pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas.
Matt remembers childhood observations of his parents' practice of Christianity: attending church services, serving in the nursery or greeting occasionally, and doing a few bible studies. "And that was pretty much it," he notes.
He says that young people today are not content with simply partaking in "the attractional church" wherein ...
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This February 2-4, abandon the cold and head to sunny Orlando to join us for the two-part event -- Acts 29 Boot Camp and Resurgence Conference: Our Fathers and Our Future.
For those who register for the conference plus boot camp (no additional charge), we are bringing in four Acts 29 church planters to teach -- these pastors' workshops are available only to boot camp registrants.
For those who want to be assessed or credited for boot camp, these are required sessions. Here's the list of topics and who our speakers are:
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION
Acts 29 Boot Camp Workshop Schedule:
February 2, 2011:
1:00 pm - "Why the Gospel Matters" Daniel Montgomery2:00pm - "Finding Rhythm and Balance in Your Work as Church Planter" Tyler Jones
February 3, ...
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Come join us at the Phoenix Boot Camp on November 9-10, in Phoenix, AZ. Praxis Church is hosting the Boot Camp, where we will look at the Gospel movement into the city. We have a great lineup of speakers you don't want to miss.
Speakers- Wayne Grudem – “Theology and the Surge”- Darrin Patrick – “Leadership and the Surge”- Jeff Vanderstelt – “The Gospel and the Surge”- Matt Carter – “Mission and the Surge”- Scott Thomas - "Networks and the Surge"- Justin Anderson – “Leadership Development/Preaching and the Surge”- David Kinnaman – “The Future and the Surge"
CostEarly bird $99 by Sept. 30$129 by Oct. 31$149 after | $99 per couple for assessment
LocationPraxis Church2150 E. Southern Ave. ...
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