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

ARE YOU A PATTERN WORTH FOLLOWING?

GLI STAFFMarch 22, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Network Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

Imitate me just as I also imitate Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1(NKJV) The idea behind a pattern is to be able … 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

Are you willing to give it all you got?

GLI STAFFFebruary 16, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation for all … 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

A Year of Possibility

GLI STAFFJanuary 16, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters0 Comments

Yes, another year has arrived! For some, you are glad to see 2016 come to an end. Others, sorry to … Read More