Tyler Jones is Regional Director of the East Coast for Acts 29, and planter of Vintage21 Church in Raleigh, NC. He spoke on balance for the church planter at the Orlando boot camp in February – and we just posted the audio. The following is adapted from the beginning of his talk.
Got balance?
Our culture is permeated with the concept of ‘balance.’ I don’t think I’ve ever experienced this balance. Not in college, not when I got married, and not since I planted eight years ago. Everywhere I turn, people pray for balance, we say balance is what we need, and you’re judged if you don’t have balance.
I went to Scripture and started looking for balance, and what I found was Christ saying “pick up your cross and follow me,” and I’m ...
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Our Fathers and Our Future.
Acts 29 East Coast Regional Coordinator, Tyler Jones (Vintage21 Church, Raleigh), prays over Chan Kilgore and his leadership of the Florida region, joined by Rick Long (The Point Community, Lexington) and Elliot Grudem.
Here are some snaps from our man on the ground, Josh Opp (assistant to Network Coordinator Elliot Grudem):
Joseph Turner, Acts 29 planter of Sojourn Community Church in Houston, listens to Elliot Grudem deliver his message earlier today.
Tyler Jones and Justin Holcomb (Director of The Resurgence) catch up behind the scenes at the conference. By the way, Justin and his wife, Lindsey, just published Rid of My Disgrace, a book all church planters ...
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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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Tyler Jones is preaching pastor at Vintage21 Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. He spoke with Scott Thomas during the Advance the Church Conference & Acts 29 Boot Camp last week about Theological Clarity, and here he discusses working with people who have different theological views.
Summary of video:
Vintage21 Church has defined three types of relationships to help their church navigate how they partner and interact with other churches and ministries:
1. Family
Have the same “DNA” - agree theologically on the authority of Scripture, Jesus’ life, death, resurrection and what that accomplished, etc.
Can plant churches together
Highest level of sharing resources and interaction
2. Friends
Christians who clearly love Jesus.
Have differing ...
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Tyler Jones is preaching pastor at Vintage21 Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, and leads the East Coast Region of Acts 29. Last week, he hosted and Acts 29 boot camp and Scott Thomas was able to sit down with Tyler and ask him about the importance of being theologically clear with the church body.
Summary of video:
Story of Vintage21
Started as trendy & reactionary without clear communication about theological concepts. Shallow teaching, mildly humorous, and “of zero help.”
Result: Constant conflict in leadership, no life transformation among people. There was no cohesion, so tension just mounted for seven months.
One day, they made a radical change to preach through books of the Bible and be theologically clear with their people.
Result: most of the ...
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