by Matt Barker | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
7/31/23 by Larry Barker 2023 is here and another year of opportunity is before us. A new year brings evaluation of what we need to change, what we need to do differently, and what we can do better. We seem to be enamored with the “how” of ministry far more than the...
by Matt Barker | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
7/14/2023 by Larry Barker Healthy churches reproduce. The healthiest and most biblical method of church planting is churches planting churches. In The American Church in Crisis, David Olson states that over 600,000 churches will need to be planted by the year 2050...
by Matt Barker | Jul 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
7/7/23 by Larry Barker Warren Wiersbe described discipleship as “a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time.” Paul’s command in I Timothy 4:7 is to train ourselves as disciplined disciples who follow Christ, pursue holiness, and train for...
by Matt Barker | Jun 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
6/26/23 by Larry Barker Paul emphasizes training and spiritual disciplines in I Timothy 4:7. “Train yourself in godliness.” Then in verse 11 he gives us the principle of discipling others in spiritual disciplines by exhorting (commanding) us to teach them and...
by Matt Barker | Jun 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
6/19/23 by Larry Barker In I Timothy 4:7 Paul says to Timothy, “Train yourself.” Timothy was his disciple that he poured his life, wisdom, and experience into on a regular basis. As his disciple, Timothy was to watch and learn so that he could one day train others as...
by Matt Barker | Jun 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
6/5/23 by Larry Barker Biblically, toxicity must be removed one way or the other from your congregation. Either through resolution and reconciliation or by confrontation and exclusion. It is neither easy nor fun but it will be necessary at times. Just because someone...
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