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Chris is a ministry consultant and coach with over twenty years of experience serving the local church...
5 Tips For Great Meetings
From time to time, I have the privilege to be asked to meet with leaders from other churches to talk about what God is doing at Cross Point. Usually it’s church planters, other ministry leaders or small group pastors. I absolutely love it! I will always find time in my schedule to help other church leaders in
Devotional
As a part of our Cover To Cover series at Cross Point, we are offering a daily reading plan with devotionals written by staff to go along with each day’s reading. I had the privilege of writing the devotional for Day 2, so I thought I would share it here as well. As I read Genesis 1:26-27,
Cover To Cover
We started a new series yesterday at Cross Point called Cover To Cover – Understanding the Story Written On Your Heart. The idea is this: While many of us have read the Bible, maybe even memorized portions of it, we still have a hard time really understanding what it is trying to say. We tend
Top 5 Posts From May
In case you missed them, here are the top 5 read posts from May, 2013: 5 Reasons Not To Disciple What I Wish I Knew At 20 Should We Stop During The Summer? Email Doesn’t Work It’s Time To Plan
It’s Time To Plan
It’s the end of May, and for most churches that means that activity for groups are slowing down. I want to emphasize that they are not stopping, but just shifting gears for the busy summer months. This is a great opportunity for groups pastors/directors to spend some time working on the ministry, not just in
Why Does It Have To Be Complicated?
One thing that we have almost perfected as a Church is over complicating things. If there is a hoop to jump through, we see if we can add 3 just to make it that much harder. I am not sure why this is true. Maybe it makes us feel better as leaders if only the fittest can
Go At Your Own Pace
This week, I decided to try out a circuit training class at the gym that I had not been to in a few months. The main reason that I quit going was that I wasn’t enjoying it because of the instructor. Every time I went, the instructor would spend half of time pointing out what
Groups And Prayer
We continued our series, 5 Lies That We Believe, yesterday at Cross Point by looking at the lies that we believe about prayer. Through my years as a small group member/leader/Pastor, I have found that prayer is one of the trickiest parts of group meetings. The prayer time at the end of the meeting can
Email Doesn’t Work
I love the Ted talk that Simon Sinek gave a few years ago about how great leaders inspire action. The premise of the talk is that people do not buy what you do, they buy why you do it. They follow you because they believe what you believe. I would add for organizations and ministries,
Build A Big Fire
I heard someone say recently that when we are trying to light a fire under ministries, what we are doing most of the time is like using a gas can on the bbq. It will build a big fire for a few seconds, but then you’re left with what you had before – except now
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