After the resurrection, Jesus gave four commission statements to His followers. Take a moment and read them. Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. -John 20:21-22 Jesus came near and said […]
On Sunday, I accepted the call to serve as the pastor for First Baptist Church of Bradenton, Florida. For some time, I’ve known that the Lord was going to move me back into full-time ministry.
Church leaders are tempted constantly with the idea that everything the church does has a dollar amount attached to it. When we lean in this direction, we are simply wrong. The work of making disciples,
I spend a great deal of time leading, reading about leadership, training people to lead, and looking for ways to improve my own leadership. The majority of all of this is around leadership for the
The Fellowship (the church I serve) recently hosted Jeremiah Johnston on a weekend with the Unanswered Tour from Christian Thinkers Society (CTS). You can watch his message from Sunday here. I want to encourage you
The Fellowship held its first Compassion Sunday and it was amazing! Some time ago, I participated on a Compassion Vision trip with a group of pastors from around the country. We visited Peru and witnessed
