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 [...]
Continue reading...November 7, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...November 27, 2008
One of the things our senior pastor has always kept in front of us at Christ's Church of the Valley is our calling to be a "teaching church" here in the northeast. This has resulted in numerous initiatives and activities that are externally focused. Our children's ministry has founded a network of children's ministry leaders [...]
Continue reading...November 15, 2008
There was a lot going on today here at the Eastern Christian Convention at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The opening session this morning featured Vince Antonucci, lead pastor of Forefront Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Vince is also author of I became a Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt. Vince [...]
Continue reading...November 14, 2008
Well, day 1 of the Eastern Christian Convention has come to a close. What a day! I must say the convention's leadership has done a great job this year! Good music and great speaking in the main session was the highlight of the day. I started the day with the privledge of sharing our relationship [...]
Continue reading...November 11, 2008
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been occupied with preparing for this year’s Eastern Christian Convention. I’m helping out at the Exhibits Chairperson. I am also leading a workshop on Building Church Infrastructure. If you are a church leader in the northeast, you should plan to attend. You need to act quickly, though, it’s this [...]
Continue reading...April 22, 2008
You can’t beat an iPod and Neil Young at 40,000 feet! A little “groggy” I’m writing this blog post from my seat (19C) on Air Tran flight 625 in route to Orlando to attend this year’s National New Church Conference. I’ve attended every year, and I think this conference is one of the highlights of [...]
Continue reading...January 19, 2008
Our annual Executive Pastor Summit concluded on this past Wednesday afternoon (1/16/08). In all there were 38 different Executive Pastors attending from around the country. Many of them attending for the first time. As I wrote in my last post, I always look forward to this annual opportunity to come together and discuss topics such [...]
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December 3, 2009
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