Christ’s Church of the Valley’s newest series – Jesus Freak
Check it out!
Series Context: Christians feeling immense pressure to quit because of social pressure. People thought Christians were Jesus Freaks.
The author of Hebrews writes: “You need to persevere…” (Hebrews 10:36)
Perseverance is from the Greek “Hupomeno” (Hupo – under, Meno – to remain) – “To bear up [...]
Jesus Freak
February 26, 2010
Executive Pastor Job Description
I’ve been asked a number of times for “a copy of my job description.” For whatever reason, though, I’ve never documented my position here at Christ’s Church of the Valley. Despite my strong belief in the development of infrastructure as the highest priority in building a strong, capable organization … I’ve never taken the time [...]
January 30, 2010
Management System – Document Hierarchy
I’ve recently gotten a few questions about document hierarchy. Since I haven’t yet created the master document for any Management System (The Management System Manual), I was unable to easily answer the questions.
Here’s a quick summary …
First, take a look at this post: Management System – Form, Fit, and Function
The management system is made up of policies [...]
January 16, 2010
Helping the People of Haiti – Lifeline Christian Mission
The situation in Haiti is catastrophic to say the least. And, many of us are asking, “How should I respond?” Based on the information I’m getting, the very best thing to do for the people of Haiti is to give sacrificially to a Christian support effort. Donating to Lifeline Christian Mission will literally provide assistance immediately. [...]
January 9, 2010
New Resource Page
This site is all about sharing information with other church leaders on strategy, method, and analysis. God called me to leave corporate to become part of the staff here at CCV and my desire, above and beyond my role on this church staff, is to put myself out there in service to other church leaders. [...]
December 24, 2009
Church Planting Strategy
I am now actively engaged in revising our current Church Planting Strategy, extending it beyond our local “Philadelphia Region” to include our emerging “regional, national, and international” strategy. Once this is done, I’ll post it here.
Here’s what our Church Planting Strategy looks like right now …
Church Planting Strategy
At Christ’s Church of the Valley we feel called [...]
December 15, 2009
The Fundamentals of Leadership
You know, I’m getting “longer in the tooth” everyday adding more and more years of leadership experience to my resume as I go. I’ve been at it for a very long time. I remember my first “paid” leadership position was at the young age of 18. I was a lead operator on an automated electroplating [...]
December 9, 2009
Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts – Wimpy Christians
Every week Brian Jones, our Senior Pastor, sends out his Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts to those who have subscribed. His unique style is refreshing!
I’ve included his most recent contribution, Wimpy Christians. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive this weekly newsletter, do so by clicking HERE.
I had just graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and the [...]
December 3, 2009
Northeast Pastors’ Summit – Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Yesterday’s gathering of independent Christian church leaders from the northeast was a HUGE success! There were almost 80 in attendance, participating in breakout discussions on various ministry topics including a session for Senior Pastors led by Rick Stedman, the keynote speaker. During and following lunch, leaders shared experiences and details of recent church plant successes [...]
November 26, 2009
Budgeting – It’s That Time of Year!
In my role as Executive Pastor, one of the things I can never avoid is doing the budget for the church each year. That’s right! Along about October/November the budget is due to the eldership, and it takes a bunch of work to get it together.
I thought this year I would share the process and [...]
November 25, 2009
Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts – The Wisdom of Patience
Every week Brian Jones, our Senior Pastor, sends out his Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts to those who have subscribed. His unique style is refreshing!
I’ve included his most recent contribution, The Wisdom of Patience below. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive this weekly newsletter, do so by clicking HERE.
One reason we can’t see God at [...]
November 16, 2009
Leadership Evangelism Operating Procedure
1. Purpose
The purpose of this operating procedure is to establish, document, and communicate the process for intentionally identifying, assessing, developing, and deploying leaders at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV).
2. Scope
The leadership evangelism process should be used by Ministry Staff to identify and deploy leaders into ministry for the good of the church (Ephesians 4:11-13). [...]
November 7, 2009
Northeast Pastors’ Network
As you know, I am Executive Pastor of Christ’s Church of the Valley here in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Like other churches, we are very serious about reaching people who don’t have a relationship with Jesus in our area. We also feel called to help other Independent Christian Churches (ICC) in our area to do [...]
November 6, 2009
Should churches require their staffs to tithe?
Not too long ago, the network of church leaders with whom I routinely communicate was discussing the issue of staff member tithing. It’s that time of year! I was surprised by the amount of churches that communicate it as an expectation of staff but don’t check to see if it’s actually happening.
I have an old [...]
October 24, 2009
Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts – Way Better Than Disney
Every week Brian Jones, our Senior Pastor, sends out his Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts to those who have subscribed. His unique style is refreshing!
I’ve included his most recent contribution, Way Better Than Disney below. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive this weekly newsletter, do so by clicking HERE.
My grandmother was born in 1923 and [...]
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