Listening, Learning & Leading
So many of us “church leaders” struggle with the things that bother us or worry us most about our current ministry. Most of those struggles and frustrations are focused on the quirks of the people we work with or serve with. We see the things they do and disagree or wish they’d been done completely [...]
Read More...So my biggest pet peeve….. Today’s church is full of so called leaders who believe that the “business” of church isn’t 100% founded on the spiritual direction, vision and leadership God has ordained! If you don’t understand that statement you’re either extremely lucky (I hate that word!) or you’re simply blind! The modern church is [...]
Read More...Have you ever stopped to realize the importance of intentionality? Do you even understand what I mean by that? Intentionality is the idea or concept that we do things because we set out to do them! Just like a watchmaker who sets out to complete a masterpiece, his intention is to create the perfect time [...]
Read More...Our Goal is to create a church that connects to the community and changes it’s landscape. We want Grace Church to be crucial to the life of Kingsport. We want our church to have influence in the local government, schools, culture, events and families. This will only happen through intense community involvement. We have done [...]
Read More...The past year has been a wild one, without a doubt! On June 24, 2008 Allison and I unloaded our belongings from a UHAUL truck into our home in Kingsport, TN. We had been gone for 2 years. I remember thinking about how glad I was to be out of Minnesota. While Minnesota was very [...]
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This is the video snapshot of the kick-off for our new building. We spent time praying for the building, writing scriptures on the walls, and singing. It was a great time. People got a taste of the future. We left excited and ready for what is going to happen in just a few short months. [...]
Read More...The truth is I have spent the entirety of today speechless. God has been doing something that I cannot explain. At the beginning of the year I claimed Ephesians 3:20-21 to be our verses for the life of Grace Church. So far they have proven to be true! God has done more than we could [...]
Read More...Each day around Grace Church has been like an installment of Back To The Future. Some days we are moving ahead, while other times we a going backwards. The back and forth of it has been so drastic at times, we have felt as though we took a ride in the DeLorean! (Just happens to [...]
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This weekend was a great opportunity to see God working. For the last 4 weeks we have seen God moving in a huge way @ Grace Place. We have seen an consistent increase of 10% plus each of those weeks in attendance. We have seen nearly a dozen decision to follow Jesus! It has been [...]
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What is LNB 2009? It is “Like Never Before” 2009……Here’s the idea….. What are you going to do in 2009 “Like Never Before”? It’s NOT a New Years Resolution, but a life change! It is the one or two things that your are going to do to change your life, your world, your family, your [...]
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I am a husband, father and pastor in that order. My heart is to give what I have, all of what I have, to see people fall in love with Jesus. My heart is for God's church, missions and adoption. I wanna see followers of Jesus leave a lasting mark on the culture we live in. 
