When we ‘give our lives to Christ’ we don’t just give him our past sins, we actually die to the old Βίος (Bios) life in order to receive the everlasting Ζωή (Zoe) life!
Helping Your Church Grow In Spiritual Maturity
From Crowd Building To Disciple Making – Maturity Through Mission & Multiplication
It’s Time to Grow Up.
Ephesians 4:14-15 says none of us are meant to stay as spiritual infants. I’ve met people in churches who’ve told me they’ve been Christians for 30 years – when the truth is they’ve actually been Christian for one year, 30 times!
Every Disciple Is Meant To Have A Deliverance Ministry!
One woman slept nightly with her pet python sprawled across her body. Eventually, the snake stopped eating so she was worried about it. A vet discovered the snake was curling itself around her to size her up, and starving itself as preparation to devour her!
LEADING IN A YEAR OF EXPANSION
Heaven’s desire and decree is for 2025 to be a year of EXPANSION as the Lord is calling us to stretch wider, dig deeper, and expand beyond what we have yet experienced or ever imagined.
Here’s how I want this vision to inspire and shape my own leadership in 2025 and I invite you to consider it too.
The ONE Most Critical Number For Churches This Year
Church is not a place you go; it’s a people you belong to and a mission you live out.
New Podcast Episode – “Cop and Robber” where I interview Paul Lloyd
Ex police officer interviews his ex criminal (allegedly) friend.
Three Priorities to Live for God Every Day (and teach others to do the same) – B.I.O.
How can we navigate the challenges of daily life while staying focused on God’s divine purpose? That’s where the B.I.O. concept comes in—a simple yet powerful framework that can guide us on our spiritual journey and help us lead others to do the same.
BECOMING A HIGH IMPACT CHURCH – 1. Measure What Matters Most
What we measure determines what we think success is.
Most churches still tend to measure by the ABCs:
ATTENDANCE, BUILDINGS and CASH (Offerings)
These are useful, but not optimal – or even biblical!
Being BIG, WEALTHY and INFLUENTIAL does not necessarily mean a church is healthy (as we have seen so graphically and too in recent years).
HOW Does God measure success?
REBUILDING BROKEN WALLS.
We find ourselves in times of great turmoil and unrest.How should we respond to such challenges? What can and should the church do?
Are We Really Preaching The Gospel? Ben Bradwell.
It’s not just about me dying and going to heaven. The gospel is God is showing up here and now in broken places, in hard times in lives, in sickness… this is what the kingdom looks like. For everyday people in all sorts of ways!