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...
by Matt Barker | May 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
5/22/23 by Larry Barker Mobilizing the church requires removing barriers in the way of advancement. This will require, with great care, confronting and even removing toxic people. Dealing with difficult people automatically comes with church leadership and should not...
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