http://www.acts29network.org Acts 29 Network exists to start churches that plant churches. God is significantly using our network to influence and shape the church planting culture through both rock-solid theology and contextualizing the gospel. We will not waver on either of these commitments. We won’t water down our theology to reach more people and we won’t attack the culture in the name of Christianity. We are planting churches that are missionaries in their respective communities sent by Christ with the gospel (John 20:21). en Acts 29 Network exists to start churches that plant churches. God is significantly using our network to influence and shape the church planting culture through both rock-solid theology and contextualizing the gospel. We will not waver on either of ... Acts 29 website no Acts 29 Network Articles info@acts29network.org ℗ & © 2008 Acts 29 website 720 Audio clip of John Piper and Matt Chandler sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/how-elders-hold-each-other-accountable Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:37:58 CST John Piper & Matt Chandler Leadership accountability,elders,text_and_context,matt_chandler,john_piper,mars_hill Audio clip of Mark Driscoll sharing some of the lessons he learned in being a pastor and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/humility-in-the-pulpit Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:34:44 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership mark_driscoll,acts_29,mars_hill,boot_camp,pastor,church,humility,pulpit Audio clip of John Piper and Matt Chandler sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/most-prominent-false-gospel-in-america Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:06:06 CST John Piper & Matt Chandler Gospel america,false_gospel,gospel,matt_chandler,john_piper,mars_hill,text_and_context Audio clip of Mark Driscoll sharing some of the lessons he learned in being a pastor and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/leading-staff-who-are-your-best-friends Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:52:51 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership friends,staff,church,pastor,boot_camp,mars_hill,acts_29,mark_driscoll Audio clip of John Piper and Matt Chandler sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/racial-diversity-in-church Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:03:43 CDT John Piper & Matt Chandler Missional text_and_context,mars_hill,john_piper,matt_chandler,race,racial_diversity,diversity,ethnic,pastors Audio clip of Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/multi-cultural-churches Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:59:37 CDT Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer Missional ethnicity,race,multi_cultural,pastor,missional,church-planting,raleigh_boot_camp,q_&_a,boot_camp,ed_stetzer,acts_29,mark_driscoll Audio clip of Mark Driscoll sharing some of the lessons he learned in being a pastor and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-changing-role-of-the-founding-pastor Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:29:19 CDT Mark Driscoll Leadership church,pastor,boot_camp,mars_hill,acts_29,mark_driscoll Audio clip of Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/thoughts-on-co-planting-a-church Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:10:13 CDT Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer Church Planting Audio clip of Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/top-5-things-a-pastor-should-do Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:01:44 CDT Mark Driscoll & Ed Stetzer Leadership mark_driscoll,acts_29,ed_stetzer,boot_camp,q_&_a,raleigh_boot_camp,church-planting,missional,pastor Audio clip of John Piper and Matt Chandler sharing some of the lessons they learned in being pastors and other great insights http://www.acts29network.org/article/number-one-danger-facing-pastors-today Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:35:32 CDT John Piper & Matt Chandler Leadership john_piper,matt_chandler,acts_29,the_resurgence,text_and_context,mars_hill_church,mark_driscoll,pastor There is a lack of biblical discipleship in the North American church. Dallas Willard calls, “Nondiscipleship the elephant of the church.” The problem is many churches focus on evangelism at the expense of discipleship by seeking to win converts and not making disciples. This is despite the fact that the Great Commission in Matthew chapter 28 is to make disciples not win converts. When Jesus said, “make disciples” the disciples understood it to mean more than simply getting someone to believe in Jesus and they interpreted it to mean that they should make out of other what Jesus made out of them. The answer is that we need to focus on keeping people as much as we do reaching people by creating an organic discipleship process that leads people from conversion to becoming fully devoted disciples of Jesus Christ. http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-discipleship-challenge- Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:22:55 CDT Winfield Bevins Gospel In evangelical subculture the ubiquity of the Great Commission is matched by the poverty of its interpretation. Matthew 28:18-20 — the command to make disciples of all nations — is frequently summoned to validate countless and sundry discipleship and evangelism programs, ideas and practices, often ignoring the interpretive wealth of the text. It's as if we expect that planting the Great Commission flag at end of a sentence will immediately summit our discipleship agendas. http://www.acts29network.org/article/missional-discipleship-reinterpreting-the-great-commission Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:53:32 CDT Jonathan Dodson Missional missional,discipleship,jonathan,dodson,great_commission My dad and I are really different guys. He subscribes to Verizon FiOS and its 999 channels. I get PBS, fuzzy, through an antenna. He sports a thick, white, Papa Smurf beard. I grow a mere soul patch and can’t stand the itch. He is at home under the hood of a ‘57 Chevy. I can change a flat tire, I think. He’s pretty sure that salvation is like the Orange Line: the heavenly doors are open, you just have to decide to get on. I am a little more Reformed: unless God changes your heart, you’ll never want to board that train. http://www.acts29network.org/article/dad-me-expensive-soda-and-the-gospel Mon, 12 May 2008 15:45:57 CDT Matthew Kruse Gospel family,dad,matthew_kruse,gospel,7_mile Surfing is a two thousand year old-past time that is the art of riding waves from the ocean that God created. It was the sport of ancient kings and is now a multi-billion dollar industry. My name is Winfield Bevins and I am a church planter and a surfer. I have the awesome privilege of serving as lead pastor of Church of the Outer Banks, which is located in one of the premier surf spots on the east coast. Surfing and church planting are my two great passions http://www.acts29network.org/article/riding-the-waves-of-church-planting Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:02:09 CST Winfield Bevins Church Planting surf,surfing,church_plant,winfield_bevins http://www.acts29network.org/article/top-5-resources-for-executive-pastors-and-those-who-want-one Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:02:35 CDT Phil Taylor Leadership executive_pastors,phil_taylor http://www.acts29network.org/article/missional-christianity Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:52:29 CDT Winfield Bevins Missional http://www.acts29network.org/article/why-i-had-to-be-34-before-i-planted-a-church Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:54:39 CDT Ryan Mobley Church Planting Listen to Mark Driscoll speak to the dynamics of the family behind the scenes in planting a church especially defining the role of the church planter’s wife. http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-role-of-the-church-planters-wife Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:37:19 CDT Mark Driscoll Wives Audio clip of Mark Driscoll sharing some of the lessons he learned in the beginning stages of planting Mars Hill Church and offers great insights of what to avoid as a pastor. http://www.acts29network.org/article/lessons-learned-in-church-planting Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:58:59 CDT Mark Driscoll Church Planting Audio from Mark Driscoll and Scott Thomas explaining the importance of calling for a church planter. http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-calling-of-a-church-planter Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:23 CDT Mark Driscoll Church Planting http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-value-of-a-pastoral-family-above-reproach Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:09:15 CDT Scott Thomas Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/keeping-the-global-in-missional-how-missional-is-your-church Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:32:22 CDT Jonathan Dodson Church Planting http://www.acts29network.org/article/how-missional-is-your-church-keeping-the-global-in-missional Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:51:42 CDT Jonathan Dodson International http://www.acts29network.org/article/hate-the-city-love-the-city Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:37:12 CDT Jonathan Dodson Church Planting http://www.acts29network.org/article/why-the-heck-do-i-live-in-philadelphia- Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:45:29 CST Geoff Bradford Church Planting January 2007 marks a significant change at Mars Hill Church. Since our inception as a small Bible study in 1996, all of the preaching and teaching has been done from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. Over the years, God has used the NIV greatly in my life, beginning with my conversion in 1990. However, the elders at Mars Hill Church have decided that we should transition from the NIV to the English Standard Version (ESV) as our primary pulpit translation. Some people may have questions about why this shift was made. This paper is my pastoral attempt to give a brief overview of the theological and practical issues associated with translations in general and the ESV in particular. http://www.acts29network.org/article/pastoral-reflections-on-bible-translations-why-we-preach-from-the-esv Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:29:29 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership bible,president,version,standard,english,esv,translations,bible,mark_driscoll This document is intended to identify various kinds of sins and their appropriate responses. http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-discipline-biblical-responses-to-various-sins--errors Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:49:57 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership church_discipline,discipline,sin,sins,correction,error,errors http://www.acts29network.org/article/an-understanding-of-earthly-worship Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:11:58 CST Scott Womer Worship understanding,earthly,worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-end-of-poverty-economic-possibilities-of-our-time Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:12:05 CST Mike Gunn Mercy Ministry end,poverty,economic,possibilities,our,time http://www.acts29network.org/article/by-the-way-you-have-two-coats Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:10:55 CST Jason Boone Mercy Ministry by,way,you,have,two,coats The Vision and Mission of Acts 29 International http://www.acts29network.org/article/acts-29-and-the-missional-call-to-the-whole-world Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:26:16 CST Mike Gunn International missions,international,acts,29,missional,call,whole,world http://www.acts29network.org/article/climbing-down-the-ladder Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:00:56 CST Phil Taylor Administration climbing,down,ladder A recipe for making communion bread and it tastes great! http://www.acts29network.org/article/rocky-mountain-communion-bread Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:20:12 CDT Scott Thomas Worship communion,scott_thomas,bread,communion_bread,recipe,communion_service http://www.acts29network.org/article/a-short-list-of-books-for-missional-church-planters Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:05:24 CST Mark Driscoll Administration book,book_list,list,recommended,reading,missional,read,church_planting_material http://www.acts29network.org/article/an-expanded-list-of-books-for-missional-church-planters Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:09:13 CST Mark Driscoll Administration church_planting_material,read,missional,reading,recommended,list,book_list,book http://www.acts29network.org/article/reforming-america Mon, 08 May 2006 21:13:22 CST Paul Dean Mercy Ministry http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-letty-owings-story Mon, 08 May 2006 21:14:29 CST Kindra Pickens Mercy Ministry http://www.acts29network.org/article/walking-as-activism Mon, 08 May 2006 21:15:55 CST Kathryn Gray Mercy Ministry http://www.acts29network.org/article/creating-a-digital-pathway-for-people-to-find-your-church Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Drew Goodmanson Technology http://www.acts29network.org/article/i-know-i-need-a-web-site-but Mon, 08 May 2006 11:03:12 CDT Dustin Stearman Technology http://www.acts29network.org/article/using-technology-to-facilitate-church-minsitry Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST John Henry Technology http://www.acts29network.org/article/what-is-a-pastor-of-technology Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Tyndall Wakeham Technology http://www.acts29network.org/article/is-the-biblical-view-of-women-applicable-in-our-culture-today Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Grace Driscoll Wives http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-story-of-shannon-ortiz Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Kindra Pickens Wives http://www.acts29network.org/article/and-some-days-i-dont-love-you-at-all-recognizing-need-in-worship Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Matt Stevens Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/missional-worship Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Tim Smith Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/how-to-write-a-worship-song Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Luke Abrams Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/recruiting-and-retaining-good-musicians Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Jeff Marsh Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-artists-imperative Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Joshua Dix Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/worship-paradox Mon, 08 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Joe Day Worship http://www.acts29network.org/article/hurricane-relief-how-you-can-help Mon, 08 May 2006 21:12:56 CST Stacy Andrews Mercy Ministry http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-planting-landmines Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Nebel/rohrmayer Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/why-in-the-world-would-you-take-me Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Bill Streger Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/accounting-software Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST AJ Hamilton Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/an-evaluation-of-the-strategies-being-used-by-church-planters-in-the-twenty-first-century Sun, 07 May 2006 23:35:03 CST Paul Fleming Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/background-investigations Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Justen Crews Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-planting-observations Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Ed Stetzer Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/design-and-marketing Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST James Dalman Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/doctoral-dissertation-the-power-of-a-prayer-driven-church-plant Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/home-fellowships Sun, 07 May 2006 19:01:56 CDT Acts 29 Network Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/lessons-learned-in-our-first-large-attractional-event Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/who-to-empower-and-who-to-avoid Sun, 07 May 2006 03:52:25 CDT Mark Driscoll Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-network-at-all-levels Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Phil Taylor Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-importance-of-understanding-art-when-engaging-non-believers Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST David Fairchild Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/resource-links Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Acts 29 Network Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/planting-a-healthy-church Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Kappas/rohrmayer Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/national-new-church-conference Sun, 07 May 2006 18:00:00 CST W/ Integrated Acts 29 Bootcamp Planting Resources http://www.acts29network.org/article/theyre-calling-you-the-administrator-now-what Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Larry Baldwin Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/why-your-pastor-should-outsource-his-mind Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST AJ Hamilton Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/addiction-and-aftercare-the-place-of-the-church-plant-in-recovery-work Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Bent Meyer Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/a-planters-assessment-of-boot-camp Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/book-review-leaders-who-last-by-dave-kraft Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mike Wilkerson Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-coram-deo Thu, 04 May 2006 01:09:28 CST Jon Needham Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/some-key-priorities-for-the-new-church-administrator Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Larry Baldwin Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/notes-for-offering-procedure Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Acts 29 Network Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/internal-financial-controls-overview Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Sandi Farkas Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/internal-financial-controls-income Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Sandi Farkas Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/fundraising-according-to-the-cigarette-man-part-2 Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Brent Rood Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/fundraising-according-to-the-cigarette-man-part-1 Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Brent Rood Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/finding-a-facility Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mark Driscoll Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-planting-resources Thu, 04 May 2006 20:04:47 CST Brown Goodmanson Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/book-review-the-church-administration-handbook Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Bruce P. Powers Ed. Administration http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-core-community-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:10:08 CST Ethan Burmeister Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-convenant-community-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:10:35 CST Don Mckelvey Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-kaleo-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:11:29 CST David Fairchild Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/what-would-jesus-preach Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mike Gunn Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/what-is-replanting Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Scott Thomas Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/what-is-recovery Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Bent Meyer Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/what-every-church-planter-needs Thu, 04 May 2006 16:44:20 CDT Darrin Patrick Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/twelve-marks-of-a-missional-church Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Scott Thomas Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-ox-qualifications-of-an-acts-29-church-planter Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership ox,qualifications,church_planter,planter,qualification,elder http://www.acts29network.org/article/the-intricacies-of-trinitarian-leadership Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mike Gunn Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/replanting-a-missional-church Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Scott Thomas Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/leading-the-calling-and-conversion-of-your-core-group Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/how-to-know-when-you-are-not-supposed-to-plant-a-church Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Todd Cantelon Leadership http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-the-vine-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:16:33 CST Jesse Winkler Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-terra-nova-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:12:55 CST Ed Marcelle Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-seaside-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:12:15 CST Chris Swan Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/church-profile-red-sea-church Thu, 04 May 2006 01:11:51 CST Shaun Garman Church Profiles http://www.acts29network.org/article/who-killed-jesus Thu, 04 May 2006 18:00:00 CST Mark Driscoll Leadership