Two years ago I went to my first communications conference. I had just been asked by my pastor to begin overseeing all the external communication of the church. I said sure and then began my search to figure out what and how I was going to do my new assignment.
I found a conference to attend, [...]
Well, it’s been over 3 months since I’ve updated my blog. A lot of things have happened since my last post. Here are just a few:
My stepfather was admitted to the hospital
Chris’ HS Soccer team took State
My mother was admitted to the hospital and almost died
My mother was released from the hospital
Chris graduated from High [...]
Ed Stetzer, Director of Research for Lifeway, reported yesterday at the Exponential Conference that the Southern Baptist Denomination is now at a point of decline. This is the first time in its history that the denomination has seen a decline.
Read more about this…
Ed Stetzer
Watch the interview…
MMI Weblog
What is your reaction to this news?
I’m reading my friends new e-book Facebook for Pastors. I’m even quoted in the book. Woooot.
You can read the book as well by downloading it from this link: Facebook for Pastors.
Great job Chris!
Day Two of MinistryTECH included these things:
Larry Harrison, Worship and Teaching Pastor at Henderson Hills, led a devotion. It was on why we do what we do…it’s all about the Gospel, the Good News. Larry did a great job as usual.
We gave away another flying monkey.
Terry Storch’s keynote was titled, ‘I’m an Idiot.’ He totally changed [...]
Today was the first day of MinistryTECH. We are hosting it at Henderson Hills. Here are some of the highlights so far…
Meeting and working with Mark Bennardo has been awesome. Thanks for the opp Terrell and Mark!
I’m the emcee of the conference. I agreed before I saw what they wanted me to do. Duh…seems like [...]
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I’ve been looking for a new design for my blog. My friend Cory Miller, of iThemes.com, came out with a new ‘Grunge’ series and I fell in love [...]
T.D. Jakes closed out the C3 Conference. It was a GREAT decision to have T.D. finish. He brought the house down! T.D. is the Senior Pastor of the The Potter’s House, Dallas, TX. Here are my take-aways from his talk:
You haven’t begun to preach until you become controversial.
The cost of leadership is conflict.
People generally admire their leaders [...]
Holy cow…Tommy is 70!
If you’ve ever wanted to quit, you’re not the only one: Abraham, Peter, Martin Luther, John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, Winston Churchill,
The Honor of Wanting to Quit
It’s a sign of success – those who want to quit at least have something to quit.
The more you have to quit, the more you want [...]
Brian Houston is the Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, Sydney, Australia. Here are some of my take-aways from his talk:
Sometimes as a leader we need to take one step to the side to get people to begin following us, stop running into us, and impeeding our movement. (little tweaks make a difference)
Churches should be empowering [...]