Erik Raymond is the senior pastor of Emmaus Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He also has a blog, The Ordinary Pastor, on The Gospel Coalition. In this video, shot at TGC 2015, Erik talks about the importance of committing to gospel work in poor areas over the long haul. . . . if it doesn't […]
These are two separate issues. A start-up team, also known as a launch team (avoid the term core group), is composed of those persons who initially partner with the planter to start a new church. This team will do the hard work, including community research, completing surveys, preparing materials, speaking with unbelievers, building relationships, initiating discussions, […]
In this episode, Mez McConnell talks with Joel Kurz about being a white pastor in a predominantly African-American neighbourhood, whether the term ‘complementarian’ actually means anything anymore, and how to disciple addicts in the local church.
If you want to be successful in long-term ministry, there’s one thing you must not lack.
More booklet than book, this is a short, snappy, punchy, and irenic (I looked it up—it means peaceable) look at what Jeremy (Walker sounds so formal and JW has other connotations) has termed ‘New Calvinists’. To be fair to him, it’s not his term, but he does adopt it and apply it to various high […]
We must do a lot of hard work in explaining true, biblical repentance when working with the poor (or anybody for that matter). Being sorry and repenting for sins are two completely different acts that produce two very different long-term fruits in people’s lives. Sin is grievous to God, separating us from him. Repentance is […]
There is lots of talk around at the moment about ‘cultural defeaters’ (a la Keller) and ‘common grace bridges’ when it comes to talk about the ‘Post-Christian’ West. Personally, I think we need to be more careful about what we mean by using the term ‘Post-Christian’, because we certainly wouldn’t want to confuse it with […]
Mez McConnell talks with Joel Kurz about recognising false gospels, whether we should use the term ‘social justice’, and how churches in the UK ought to respond to the lack of healthy churches in poor communities.
We use all kinds of nice, polite phrases to excuse ourselves from the hard task of relating to those who are not like us.