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I Was Laid Off…

by Candy Gibson I was laid off. For sixteen years I have had the honor of doing work I knew I was called to. I got to use my skills, gifts, innovation, and voice for THE THING I knew I was supposed to be doing. I got laid off and my life did not crumble.…

The key to Innovative Ministry

by Brooks Hamon Innovation and the First Flight Most of you, I’m sure, read about the Wright Brothers in some high school history class. If you paid attention, you know they conducted the first ever flight in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. As a native of North Carolina, I was indoctrinated at a…

Who Can Be Trusted With Power?

By Tim Morey The Making of a Good Pastor I attended a conference some years ago where Dallas Willard was asked by an audience member what he thought made for a good pastor. He took, a long, thoughtful pause, and gave a reply that has stuck with me for years: Jesus is looking for people…

Remembering Uncle Hale

I just watched a moving video tribute to one of my friends who recently moved to heaven. My own sense of mortality mixed with awe for a wonderful, godly man filled my heart. We met in unusual circumstances and he wasn’t exactly happy about it but the results were amazing. Hale Kekauoha would become a…

Can You Handle Stuff Like This?

A friend is trying to move his congregation to multiplying microchurches. Excuse me, I should have said that he’s trying how to keep up with the Holy Spirit who is breathing on his efforts in ways that might scare many of us. We spent time together in a private coaching service via my website for…

Planting Digital Churches in Response to COVID-19

So, tell me… Are you responding to the pandemic or merely reacting to it? Some who react struggle to survive while other reactors have simply moved the program out of the box and onto smartphones or whatever. Disciplemaking churches, on the other hand, see this as an opportunity to multiply disciples, leaders and groups. To…

Interview with Antoinne Lassiter: A Bumpy Ride that Ends Well…

It was too early to get out of bed, but there I was 8 time zones away from home. The Starbucks in the hotel offered fresh strawberries along with coveted caffiene. The only other guy in the place was this large friendly man who seemed a lot more awake than me. That day saw a…

Giving Thanks Ministry Ninja Podcast

With Thanksgiving coming up we thought we would get together and talk about what it means to give thanks and how we can use that as a tool for ministry. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giving-thanks/id1462817877?i=1000457221039

Leading from the Back of the Bus

I recently finished reading the book, “Leaders Eat Last. Good stuff! Whether you are into church planting or leading an older church, the message is for you. Put your people forward and good things will happen. Pull all the kudos toward yourself and the world won’t be such a nice place. Sure, there are leaders…

How Much Ministry Autonomy is Too Much?

I just heard of a veteran microchurch planter bounced from a mission he had planted because someone in authority thought he “wasn’t trained.” This person had just come off of a self-funded mission to bring clothing and hygiene to people in a very poor city. While there he, and a couple of others, ran workshops…