It seems to be popular these days to criticize the church. Some who have given up on organized church are even being hailed as “revolutionaries” by pollster George Barna. I guess I am not much of a revolutionary since I freely admit that I love and need the local...
Last week our church, Victory (Fort Boni congregation), hosted a political Q & A forum to allow a church member who is running for the Philippine Senate to answer some questions about her political past, about her spiritual experience and about her vision for the...
I am currently reading two preaching books that sometimes seem to contradict each other: “Communicating for a Change” by Andy Stanley & Lane Jones and “The Supremacy of God in Preaching” by John Piper. Both books have helped me tremendously, at least I hope they...
Our church recently had the privilege of hosting the father/son team of Kevin and Mark Conner. This dynamic duo from Down Under did tag-team ministry during our March “LeaderLectures” at the Every Nation Leadership Institute in Fort Bonifacio, Philippines. Though Mark...
I’m writing this blog from the Every Nation Eastern European Leadership Conference in Krakow, Poland while sitting on the front row listening to my friend, Wolfi Eckleben, preach his classic “Carry Your Cheese” sermon. Here are two thoughts from Pastor Wolfi’s...
During a Q&A time in our Every Nation Churches & Ministries Nashville staff meeting this morning, after I listed all the new churches we are in the process of planting around the world, someone asked if we had a checklist to see if the churches we plant are...
