16 April 2010 ~ 1 Comment

What the Church Can Learn from the Demise of the Print Industry

  The days of people waking up to their morning coffee and opening up the morning paper are gone. I needed no further proof than when my dad recently cancelled his newspaper subscription, which was a sign to me that you can start writing the obituary for the printed newspaper (but I’m not sure where [...]

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08 February 2010 ~ 3 Comments

What Should a Pastor’s Salary Be?

This past week WFAA Channel 8 ran a story that painted Ed Young, Senior Pastor of Fellowship Church, in a very negative light. The gist of the report was that Ed’s salary ($1 mil) and various perks (private jet, $200k+ parsonage allowance) are intentionally kept hidden from his congregation and he’s profiting from his non-profit [...]

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28 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Innovation³ Main Session #4, Wed Afternoon

Reggie McNeal, Leadership Network Missional has become the latest buzzword that all books have started to include in their titles. We may end up losing focus on what missional is while we’re in a rush to become it. It’s a shift in how the church sees itself and its function(s) in the world. In India, [...]

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28 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Innovation³ Main Session 3 (Wed AM) Notes

Ed Stetzer, What does the dangerous church of 2010 look like: – Cautions Don’t believe the hype Many who promote bad news have a program to fix it. These people are probably passionate about the future and have data to support their findings. Be more cynical. We tend to believe things too soon. Be people [...]

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27 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Innovation³ Main Session #2 Notes

Dave Gibbons, NewSong Church, Irvine, CA – There’s a great shift going on in our world today. – “The Job” video…”I need two CPAs, two CFOs,…” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I – Things to be encouraged about in the church Bad news is better than no news Scarcity brings clarity: why do we exist as a church? What are [...]

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17 December 2007 ~ 12 Comments

Countdown Timer for Church

Earlier this year I was trying to figure out how to get a countdown clock setup for Barry, the preacher at our church. I did a lot of searching around trying to find a software program or an inexpensive decent clock. The best ideas I could find were using a clock that we use for [...]

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