Through the years of serving Jesus’ Church, I have seen many people come and go. Some of these have been the joyful sending of God’s people to serve at other churches or plant churches; others have been painful losses of people close to me that left for myriad reasons; others were ...
I recently preached through Romans 6:1–14 at 1.21 Church and was struck by the fact that we often fail to believe this truth and thus live out this aspect of the gospel. Through faith alone and grace alone, by Christ alone, we have freedom from the penalty AND the power of sin. The first ...
Welcome to our new website! As God continues to grow our network, we are continually looking for ways to better communicate the vision for what God has brought us together to accomplish in North Carlina and beyond. This website is just one more avenue to push the gospel mission forward. We have ...
As I was praying for you the other day, for all of the daily challenges that we face as church planters, pastors and leaders, I was reminded of the powerful truth that Jesus gives us in Matthew's gospel account (Matthew 16.13-20). Jesus tells Peter that, upon his confession that He is the Son of ...
Porterbrook NC launched on January 29th with tremendous success and momentum. I would like to give a special thank you to Lachlan Payne, our Plant NC Network Coordinator, and to Fellowship Raleigh for allowing us to host this event. We currently have 40 participants in this theological training ...
I wanted to write a personal note as we prepare to launch Porterbrook NC on January 29th. As I have become more familiar with this great tool that we are introducing, I have to say that it is some of the best content that I have been exposed to in my many years of ministry. I am confident that ...
As I meet with church planters, I hear over and over again how lonely church planting can be. Often, the wife of a church planter can be even lonelier. Many times she does not have the access to networks and relationships that her husband does. Plant NC is committed to gospel-centered men and ...
Over recent weeks we've been looking at some of the common mistakes we make regarding mission. The first we suggested was giving people what they don't need; the second was answering questions no one is asking; the third was taking it upon ourselves to convert everyone. This is the fourth and ...
As Plant NC continues to gain traction across our state, it is imperative that we take the necessary steps to ensure that planters, pastors, and leaders are being equipped, coached, and developed within our network. As we decentralize the vision of Plant NC into strong regions, this will ...
In this series of posts we have been discussing common mistakes regarding mission. The first we suggested was giving people what they don't need; the second was answering questions noone is asking. Here is the third. Taking it upon ourselves to convert everyone. As we live ...