Mobilizing the Church (Pt 2)

To pick up from my last blog (nearly 2 months back- warn you that I am not a regular blogger).  However, this topic of mobilizing a church to be on mission is a passion of mine.  I get a lot of  inquires on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ GPC remains missionally focused.  The only way I can say that GPC stays missional is that I as a pastor have to seek to remain personally...

Mobilizing the Church

I sat in a room writing this blog with 64 people in the background being trained out of our dear fellowship of believers.  I am amazed and excited that this year, 2011, we are expecting that 12% of our attenders and members  will be traveling into another context than their own familiar ways and worldview to serve, live, and give of themselves for a period of time. Some will go for one week...

What makes a good Global Adventure GREAT?

I am back one full week removed from the best trip I have every been on to West Africa.  This was my 5th time to our long-term strategic partnership village.  I feel like every trip I have taken we have seen hand of God at work, and have little regrets with any of them.  Every trip has had its life altering elements that I wouldn’t change for the world.  This trip, however, was...

Would Jesus drive a Prius?

Contextualization is a concept that I didn’t understand for many years yet it has become a major epiphany in my life and ministry. It’s not a word used often, but it’s truth can absolutely make all the difference in building bridges into peoples lives.  Being a follower of Christ means to study Him and follow Him in as many ways as is possible.  Jesus modeled perfectly...

Platt calls the Church back to the World

My first exposure to David Platt was in hearing a message that he shared at the 2009 SBC Pastors Conference.  He is a young pastor, passionate in his call, with a clear voice to a radical new future for the believers and churches who want to take the message of Christ serious and personal. GPC is in the midst of a series of messages called Radical.  We bought a copy of David’s book...