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Church! at bethany 2006 – 2010

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Church! at bethany 2006 – 2010

This is a difficult blog post to write.  Over 4 years ago I started this blog as an online record of our journey to plant a church.  They say church planting is a roller coaster ride and that is definitely true.  We have experienced many highs and many lows. In 2007, after 9 months we [...]

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The Business Model of New Churches is Broken

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The Business Model of New Churches is Broken

The business model of new churches is broken. Paying living wages to staff, renting facilities, buying land and building church facilities can no longer be funded by the offerings of a new church. Even congregations that have been in existence for a long time and own their land and building are finding it increasingly difficult [...]

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Exponential Conference

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Exponential Conference

Why am I in Orlando this week? It is a great expense to the church and myself personally to attend the Exponential Conference! Over the past four years the Exponential conference has been a place that has encouraged me and helped me learn from the 2000+ other crazy people who have started a church or [...]

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Mission Trip to Haiti/DR

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Mission Trip to Haiti/DR

Sean and Faye Whitacre and I are going to the Haiti/Dominican Republic border from June 4th through the 12th on a Vision Trip with Children of the Nations.  We will be visiting the area villages COTN serves as well as the Barahona Ministry Center’s Medical/Dental/Surgical Center where they have been working with those injured from the [...]

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Easter 2010

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Easter 2010

Easter Sunday 2010 was a great day!! It started off at 9:30 AM when we launched a new campus at Laurel Parc at Bethany which is a retirement home. We had 15 people join us and say they would invite their friends next week! At 10:00 we had an Easter breakfast at Stoller Middle School [...]

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