Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
When we started planting Grace Hills Church, we moved fast. We had our first public information meeting in July of 2011 and launched in January of 2012. Some planting strategists would make the assumption that we were all about getting to the weekend show and not enough about making disciples. Nothing could be …
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A little over a year ago, Angie and I started planting Grace Hills Church in northwest Arkansas, and one of our biggest hopes is that it's a church that unchurched people love to attend. So Andy Stanley's newest book, Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend caught my attention. I …
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According to Brian and Amy Bloye, the two toughest jobs in the world are raising kids, and raising a church. And both tasks are deeply personal.
I'm a better church planter for having read It's Personal. It's now one of the books I'll be pushing at every potential church planter. Why? Several …
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Denominations don't plant churches. Churches plant churches. This is why churches should be proactive about church planting rather than waiting for denominational boards and agencies to get the job done.
Having said that, most churches don't have the resources to plant another church on their own, so they …
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The work of planting a new church will probably kill you.
On my first day in Greek Grammar class in Bible college, Dr. Jesse Thomas walked in and stood at the podium to offer a brief welcome, "Welcome to boot camp." Serious students survived, some even thrived, but some fell by the wayside because of their …
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In the late spring of 2011, Angie and I spent a lot of time dreaming and talking about what Grace Hills Church would look like. I wrote our conversations out in a form that I later presented at our very first informational meeting about Grace Hills Church on July 17, 2011. Since then, I've looked back at what I …
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Was awesome. On Saturday, we hosted a community Easter egg hunt at Grace Hill Elementary School. About 75 volunteers, a third of which were teens, came and hid 5,000 eggs and served a hot grilled lunch to about 350 people. The school was gracious enough to allow us to invite all 500 of their students which …
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This past Sunday made the fourth week in a row we've worshipped in a local movie theater with January 15 being our official launch. We didn't intend to launch in a theater. I fact, we spent a great deal of time looking at retail spaces, but eventually landed at the Malco because of space, price, and …
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I remember Shawn Lovejoy telling the story of how, when they had their opening service at Mountain Lake Church, he totally forgot to take up the offering, and they couldn't meet the following two weeks because of ice. I love guys that are real who pour themselves into others, and that's Shawn. He and his team …
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Obviously, I'm passionate about church planting. On the blog of the Acts 29 Network is a great article that echoes my heart about the matter. It's an adaptation of a writing by Tim Keller, and it really reflects the reason why we're planning on planting out of Grace Hills as soon as possible.
The vigorous, …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
