Evangelism and Discipleship
Church planters can do a lot of things wrong and God can still bless the new church. All pastors will confess that God often blessed in spite of their frail leadership ...
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Posted in: Leadership, Disciple Making
Tags: evangelism, discipleship, church-planting, church, pastor, church planter, top issues, challenges, disciple-making, missional
Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture
Planters face incredible pressure to find quality leaders quickly. Yet the limitations of money, critical mass, and spiritual maturity in new ...
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Posted in: Leadership
Tags: leadership, church-planting, pastor, church, leaders, culture, raising leaders, staff, resources, discipleship, coaching, church plant, planting a church
By Scott Thomas, President of Acts 29.
Adapted and excerpted from his message, “Fighting For One Another: Gospel Friendship.”
We face a problem in the church. ...
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Posted in: Relationship Building
Tags: four characteristics of a gospel friendship, gospel friendship, christian friendship, discipleship, coaching, scott thomas, fighting well, fighting for each other, christians fighting, good fighting, fair fighting, fighting for not against, 1 peter 5, how to be a friend, how to be a christian friend, how to be a gospel friend, how to be a helpful friend, true friendship, band of brothers, pastors need friends, pastor friendship, dallas boot camp, dallas, church planter training, church plant, training, leadership training
"As a church, if you don't believe in the present reality of the gospel, in terms of the Spirit's presence to save, even now, then you will feel like every time you're up to preach you have got to ...
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Posted in: Disciple Making
Tags: gospel, sanctification, gospel is the power of sanctification, phoenix boot camp, how to stop sinning, how to grow as a christian, why can't i stop sinning, do i need accountability, accountability, sin issues, discipleship, helping new christians
By Scott ThomasActs 29 President and Director
It won’t hurt the church if people are called away to go and make disciples elsewhere. It will hurt the mission if they stay. As I read ...
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Tags: church planting, church multiplication, daughter churches, sending, discipleship, qualifications of a church planter, spiritual vitality, acts, bible, biblical, eldership, call, barnabas, paul
Today Scott Thomas spoke at the FIND conference in Charleston, South Carolina, on Gospel-Centered Church Planting. Get the full article here.
I want to talk to you about the way we approach ...
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