Church Planting – Returning to Our Roots
In the 1950s, there was a Gospel movement in Alabama and many community churches were planted. Baptist evangelists opened up revival meetings in new areas, and churches were started. New […]
The Complexity and Simplicity of Discipleship
Over the past week in facilitating church planter training on discipleship, I was once again challenged by the need to focus on making disciples. If the Gospel is planted in […]
Church Planting
Gilliam Springs Baptist Church in Arab has a special place in Will Harbison’s heart. “I was saved there at 10 years old,” he said. But even so, he didn’t expect […]
Looking Beyond VBS
As I traveled throughout Alabama this month, I saw a great number of signs for vacation Bible school. After a couple of years of covid and adjustments in church outreach […]
Praying for Church Planters in Alabama
Prayer is a vital part of the spiritual engagement church planters must face as they engage new communities with the gospel, disciple new believers and gather believers in a new […]
Focusing Our Many Passions Into a Christ-Centered Desire to Plant
Years ago, while I served as a student missionary in Ecuador, I had a summer missionary in our ministry participate in an interview with Rachel Saint. She, along with others, […]
The Power to Faithfully Remain in the Harvest
One of the most difficult things in life sometimes is to persevere even in the face of challenges. In church planting, there is a point where the honeymoon is over […]
Plant the Gospel and See the Church Planted
During the past two decades, there has been a growth in a surge of church planters. As I have coached and walked with church planters, I have realized that God […]
Church plant in Alabama’s poorest county experiences ‘little taste of heaven’
Davey Lyon says that for many people, Lowndes County is “just kind of forgotten.” “It’s rural, it’s poor, it’s between Selma and Montgomery, and people just pass right through.” But […]
No Church Planter Is Exactly Alike
As we finished our three-month training with eight planters, the Lord reminded me that everyone had a “God story” and call. From a planter who is in rural Alabama and […]
