Archive for April, 2008

Atlanta Area Church Planting Alliance

Posted on April 29th, 2008 by by jima

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago a meeting of churches that are planting churches in the Atlanta area. We are not going to call this a network we are going to call it an Alliance, thanks to Bob Cargo of Perimeter Church for the clarification. 19 church pastors or staff members attended. Baptist, Presbyterian, […]

Changes

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by by jima

I’m sure I’ve addressed this before, but…here goes again. As most of our church planters know and those that know WRC, Matt Willmington is leaving our staff to return to the promised land Thomas Road Baptist Church in Virginia. We will miss him here at WRC. He has shown much wisdom, even more biblical knowledge, […]

Atlanta Network of Churches Planting Churches

Posted on April 17th, 2008 by by jima

That’s a fancy title to say that a bunch of guys are getting together for lunch today to talk about church planting in Atlanta. Leadership Network is buying the fancy grub and Bob Cargo of Perimeter Church and I are privileged to be leading the proceedings.
Nineteen churches have signed up to show up. Some big […]

Taxes

Posted on April 15th, 2008 by by jima

Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.
Needless to say I am like almost everyone else, I hate tax day. I understand there is a need to fund the essentials: protection (military, police, fire, and emergency services), some administration of these services, and what else is essential? I am convinced that we […]

I’m Back

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by by jima

Took a few days off. Lots to do upon returning. 1000 emails in spite of the new Blackberry. But it feels good to be back in the saddle and getting stuff done. Busy week with CP class coming up this Saturday. Meeting Thursday on behalf of Leadership Network meeting with other church planting churches in […]

Church for Men

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by by jima

On his blog the other day Bob Roberts of Northwood Church in Keller, TX asked, “What does a church for men look like?” The responses were interesting, especially the ones from the women.
Here are a few responses Bob got, “sometimes I offend women in my speech,” (he goes on to explain that offended women will […]

Planning

Posted on April 7th, 2008 by by jima

I love the planning process. That’s probably one of the reasons I love church planting. It is a constant adjustment. Constantly trying to figure out what will work and what doesn’t. How do we word this document so that it will get the desired result. Constantly asking “who the audience is?”
Today I’ve spent some time […]

New Phone

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by by jima

I got a new phone this week. I didn’t go for the iphone mostly because that is way too much technology for me. I don’t download a boat load of music and my eyesite is too bad to watch a video on a screen that small. So why waste the money?
I did get a Blackberry. […]

Health

Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by by jima

I was raised in one of those families where we didn’t go to the doctor much. First of all we didn’t have insurance when I was a kid so it had to be an emergency. Secondly we were told to tough it out. One time when I was playing I nearly cut my finger off. […]