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

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

What’s your Synagogue?

GLI STAFFApril 4, 2017Church Leaders, Church Planters, Network Leaders, Starting a church1 Comment

We all want to see people come to faith in Jesus. Speaking personally though, I find it hard to talk … 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

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

The Verse Most Churches Ignore

GLI STAFFNovember 11, 2016Church Leaders, Church Planters, Network Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

In America, cultural Christianity has led to some serious problems. As a result, Christian America has become more and more … Read More

Nobody told me it would be this hard…

GLI STAFFOctober 27, 2016Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Network Leaders, Starting a church0 Comments

I did not set out to be a church planter. I did not know what I was in for. In … Read More

Powerlessness: A “New” Way To Share Faith in a Post-Christian World

GLI STAFFOctober 20, 2016Church Leaders, Church Planters, Group Leaders, Network Leaders0 Comments

Our world has changed drastically in the last few years. The message that helped us find faith needs to be … Read More