“Bring your Friend to Volunteer Day”

Sometimes I have good ideas. But most of the time, I try to surround myself with friends and leaders who have GREAT ideas and I just get to watch as God creatively work through others. And sometimes, Clayton Greene gets two blog shout-outs in one week.  That’s what happens when you have great leaders on your [...]

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Are you ready for the Ballpark?

A few years back, our church decided to go multi-site.  Currently we have six campuses that spread out across Raleigh-Durham, and yet we still exist as one church.  The reason behind this was simple (although the decision was well thought/prayed through).  The Summit was growing quickly, which left us with two options: 1) Build a [...]

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The New South: Holy Huddle

As I reflect on many of my church experiences in the past, whether growing up in the pew or serving in different capacities I’ve noticed acommon mentality regarding weekly church services, or more creatively penned, The Holy Huddle. Ever seen a football game where the team huddle together, motivated by a rousing pep talk from [...]

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The New South: Identity Crisis

The Church in the cultural south is experiencing an identity crisis like never before and in order to correct and reverse this problem we must be willing to radically observe our churches and ministries in light of the Gospel.  The future of the Church in the South weighs heavily on our current need for Revitalization.  Rebirth. Resurgence. A phenomenal series [...]

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The New South

First, let me say the majority of this post is copied from Pastor J.D.’s blog  where Mike McDaniel wrote a great post regarding Contextualizing the Gospel in the New South. I also need to say that this issue is  near to my heart.  Growing up in the South and in church has allowed me over [...]

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Complicated ministry, uncomplicated.

There are times where, despite our best efforts ministry is messy.  Broken people in a fallen world quickly becomes complicated. Whether it’s trying to appease the persistently picky in your church, or building discipleship communities in your body, no ministry is left without its challenges, successes and setbacks.     Yet the model Christ sets [...]

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Does your ministry have it?

Book Review time! I just finished the book IT from Craig Groeschel. The premise of the book is how churches and leaders can get IT and keep IT. So I pose the question – Do you or your church have IT? This has easily been one of the greatest books I’ve read on practical ministry [...]

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