Every once in a while I like to give an update on what’s going on both in the ministry and with the family. Well, here it is, in no particular order… Yesterday marked one year since our arrival in Tampa (wow! that was a crazy year) We have seen a church built up from an [...]
I read a statistic years ago that dealt with one of the major American church denominations. A poll had been taken. The question was “Have you shared your faith to someone at least once in your life time?” The answer was shocking to me. 3% answered yes. That means 97% answered no. Now, I don’t [...]
As I alluded to in my last post, church planting is a process. I love doing what I do but I have really had to learn something over the past decade of doing this…planting churches takes time. I am naturally a very impatient person so this often times doesn’t bode well for me. This is [...]
I posted two days ago on some of the benefits of church planting. One thing I failed to mention was a negative of church planting. It is extremely difficult! Paul told the Corinthian church that he came to them in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling (1 Cor. 2:3). This is a powerful statement. [...]
As many of you read from my previous post, I am embarking on a new direction with my blog. The direction I am taking the blog will still include posts pertaining to my family life, Aletheia life, and other random stuff, but the primary objective will now be to relay insights on church planting to [...]
So, last night, as Asher was keeping us up due to his voracious appetite, I started thinking how I can better transfer the church planting information that my father and I have obtained after doing this for (him – 35 years, me – 10 years) a while now. I can’ t believe that I am [...]
Because Aletheia is a collegiate church, and because we hold our services on the University of South Florida’s campus, and because next week is spring break, and because the school will obviously be shut down due to s[ring break, we have been given the boot from campus the next two Sundays. So how do I [...]