Struggling With Faith and Being a Church Planter
Recently, I’ve been realizing that planting a church has been causing me to have some serious struggles with my faith in God. Planting a church pushes you into a situation of total dependence on God. For many pastors there is a struggle against always seeking to control and stabilize their churches. For me as a...
The Overture that was My Fault
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Overtures Overtures to General Assembly are a messy business. They can polarize the entire assembly months before we meet. They can leave presbyters scratching their heads, asking, “Is this really necessary?” They can show our denomination issues we didn’t know we had. And they can be incredibly helpful ideas, clarifying how...
Why I Might Make It
I’ve been a church planter for 11 months…and I’m still alive. Second only to the holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing of King Jesus, I attribute this astounding fact to one thing—my coaches. I have four of them. I know, it sounds like a crowd. But it really isn’t. I knew going into this...
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