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Recently, I was asked about my ministry journey that has stretched from Ohio, South Florida, planting in Montana, and revitalizing in Indiana. The question, “What elements were needed for these ministries to flourish?”, caused me to pause and think about the common thread that ran through each of these. Immediately obvious to me was the concept of TEAM.

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The heart and soul of the next generation of Christ followers watch the current generation for instruction, encouragement and empowerment. At ManCamp 2019, there was evidence that the current generation is up to the task, and the next generation is taking it all in. Fathers, grandfathers, uncles, mentors and their sons, grandsons, nephews and mentees […]

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Women from all across Indiana came together to celebrate Jesus and be challenged by the Word at this year’s Transformed Women’s Conference. Transformed took place at two locations over two different weekends – the first at Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour and the second at Sunnycrest Baptist Church in Marion. Speaker Kimberly Sowell and author […]

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It is a joy to hear on a regular basis from people all over the state of Indiana. What do I hear? This year hardly a week has gone by that someone has not told me about people trusting Jesus as savior and following Christ in believer’s baptism. Four at this church, two at that […]

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There is some good news for the church from a February 2019 LifeWay Research study done for Exponential Resources[1] (a movement providing ideas and solutions for the accelerated multiplication of healthy, reproducing churches)! In their 2015 book, Becoming a Level 5IVE Multiplying Church[2], Exponential leaders Todd Wilson and Dave Ferguson identified five kinds of churches […]

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Revitalization is a buzzword that has been around for some time. To keep it simple let us look at revitalization as a means to increase the vital nature of a local congregation in relation to God and the community where He has planted them. One indicator for determining church health is focus. Is the church […]

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I am sitting right now in our beautiful Welcome Center at Highland Lakes Camp anticipating what God is going to do this week in the hearts and lives of ten SCBI pastors. Understand that we have been doing this pastors retreat called The High Impact Leader Lab (HILL) for the past five years. This is […]

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If you are going to lead the church, whether it is in a new ministry initiative (e.g. plant a church, new evangelistic emphasis), hiring a new staff person, contemplating the pros and cons of a name change, etc., then the people you serve better trust you. Trust is crucial for influence and credibility. Oren Harari […]

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Recently, a group of Hoosiers traveled to the Holy Land and walked in the footsteps of Jesus. This was something I had always wanted to do but had never taken the opportunity. It turned out to be one of the most spiritually enriching times of my life. We visited the place of Christ’s birth, the […]

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HEY – IT’S SPRING! And you know what that means…summer camp season is right around the corner! So let me ask you to consider the concept of five days. A lot can happen in five days. Obviously, we all know that a lot can happen in six days…the world and everything in it was created […]

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