“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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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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Reflections on leaving youth ministry

I’ve thought a long time about how to write on this subject, and as many of you who have transitioned through ministries before you know that it is a difficult thing to explain to those around you. So in this post I will be explaining why I’m moving out of youth ministry, what God has [...]

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