Category: Church Planting
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
Planting Alabama
Almost five million people call Alabama home, but approximately three million do not have a church to call their spiritual home. “It’s sad,” said State Missionary Lamar Duke, lead church
Church Plants Ministering to Large Unreached Sector of Alabama
Last year Lamar Duke was asked to pull together some numbers for a report. He did — and when he finished he sat at his desk and wept. “Since 2013
Alabama Church Planters Network Dinner Focuses on Maximizing God-Given Abilities
Some prayed silently, some raised their hands and sang along quietly, but everyone worshipped. As the worship team from New Beginnings Fellowship, Trussville, played, those at the Alabama Church Planters
Week of Prayer Sees Boom in Church Plants
Lamar Duke says that if he could have every week go the way the Myers-Mallory Week of Prayer for State Missions went this year, he’d be dancing for joy. “That
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