Creating A Come As You Are Culture

GLI STAFFJuly 4, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Network Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

I read John Burke’s book, No Perfect People Allowed, at the beginning of 2006. At the time, I was leading … Read More

Church in the Cracks

GLI STAFFJune 7, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Starting a church0 Comments

“church becomes Church  when you move beyond affinity.” – Bill Clem Working as a bi-vocational church planter, has given me … Read More

Leading with Emotional Strength

GLI STAFFMay 18, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

It seems like the Lord often gives me physical metaphors or symbols for what He wants me to remember spiritually. … Read More

Fail Forward – Principal 7 of 7

GLI STAFFMay 9, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. But the Jews incited the devout women of … Read More

Moving Into a Space of Your Own: What Matters

GLI STAFFMay 3, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Starting a church0 Comments

Our church in metro Detroit started in a basement before moving into an old school building, followed by the city … Read More

Principle #3 – Are you discipling men well?

GLI STAFFMarch 2, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. Even if I am unskilled in … Read More

Welcome the weight of your call

GLI STAFFFebruary 8, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church2 Comments

The weight and reality of the Call on your life to plant a church, will do one of two things … Read More

Do You See the World Around You?

GLI STAFFJanuary 23, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

Thursday night I was in my neighborhood, playing Futsal, a Brazilian-style of soccer played on a basketball court with small … Read More

My First Thought

GLI STAFFDecember 16, 2016Church Leaders, Church Planters0 Comments

As Christian leaders, a vibrant spiritual life is vital and for most people, does not come easily. As a person … Read More

Success of a Church Planter

GLI STAFFNovember 3, 2016Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

The gold standard for church plants or for any church in measuring success is what I call Lost to Leading. … Read More