Aaron Snow of Intentional Gatherings recently posted this on his blog (http://bit.ly/cae2Jh). I use it here with his permission as a great example of the kind of thing I've been blogging about recently. “…Can you imagine what it would look like if college students who claim Jesus as Lord were equipped and released to lead… Read More
Tag: church planting
Having written the last post on how Jesus trained his disciples, yesterday I came across a key point that I had missed. I discovered it on the blog of Paul Watson (http://bit.ly/cqS21C ). His premise is that "Jesus discipled groups." Obviously he had one-on-one interactions with individual disciples, but most of his training was done… Read More
This story comes from Aaron Snow: The idea for Student CPx is simple: Gather students together to encounter Jesus for a week or two. Then send them out on mission with Jesus to their campus. When students go to represent Jesus He loves to go with them! The power of the gospel spreads through students to dorms, fraternities,… Read More
Here's another story–this one via Brian Jones. It's used with permission, so long as I make sure that God gets the glory!! "As many of you know, we have been praying over the past year that God would build his church in Galloway, Ohio (specifically in Westchester Commons subdivision). We know that he is here… Read More
Here are some Luke 10 stories: This first one comes from a friend in the UK who emailed me recently. People in the UK are much more resistant to the Gospel than people here in the States, but look at how ripe the harvest is! "I started reading 'Army of Ordinary People' at the end… Read More
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Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.' (Luke 10:9) The Kingdom of God is meant to be demonstrated. When Jesus sent out the twelve in a very similar fashion to the way he sent out the 70, he told them, "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,… Read More
Continuing the series on Luke 10: Much of what we have learned in starting simple/organic/house churches, we have learned through our mistakes! The importance of Luke 10:7 is one of those things. The verse says this: Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not… Read More
Continuing the series from Luke 10. Both verses 7 and 8 of Luke 10 talk about food Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before… Read More
The person of peace is the one who will open up the harvest to you, so it is very important that we learn to recognize a person of peace. It helps if we have a mindset where we are always looking for such a person. The Lord delights to answer the prayer, "Lord, lead me… Read More
Continuing the series on Luke 10: Luke 10:6 says this: If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. The person of peace is a key concept in working in the harvest. It's the person we've been praying to find from verse 2. … Read More