Meeting with the Elders
- Sep 22, 2011
- FAQ
Can I come and spend some time with your elders?This is one of the most popular questions we receive. Because our culture sees our model as so unique many people want to come and ask questions. That is why we host a campus visit once every quarter. This gives ...
December Question of the Month
- Dec 8, 2009
- Blog Post
The questions continue to pile in. Most of the questions are fantastic. However, some of them are a bit, shall we say, off target. In fact, I’ll be doing a post later this month on “The Top Ten Reasons I May Not Have Answered Your Question.” Remember, the goal ...
New GFBC Church Plant in North Houston (Part Three)
- Nov 28, 2009
- Blog Post
Although we have little doubt that there is a need for new church plants, we are not Naïve concerning the potential advantages and disadvantages of launching a new work. As such, we are trying to walk into this endeavor with our eyes wide open. We are also working hard ...
New GFBC Church Plant in North Houston (Part Two)
- Nov 23, 2009
- Blog Post
The Need for New Churches Of all the options available to us --multiple services, bigger buildings, satellites, and church plants-- we have chosen to plant a new church. As stated in part one, it is not our contention that all of the other options are necessarily wrong in every circumstance ...
New GFBC Church Plant in North Houston (Part One)
- Nov 22, 2009
- Blog Post
Word is out about the new GFBC church plant that is scheduled to launch January 31, 2010. GFBC launched on April 7, 2006, just over three and a half years ago. However, since then, we have seen significant growth. Most of that growth has occurred in the past year. A ...
Important New Book
- Oct 1, 2009
- Blog Post
Paul Renfro, my fellow elder at Grace Family Baptist Church, has joined with Timothy Jones (editor), Brandon Shields, and Jay Strother to write a very important book. Perspectives on Family Ministry, takes a careful look at the very important question, “How should the church organize it’s efforts to disciple ...
Fuller Youth Institute: Right Questions... Wrong Presuppositions
- Sep 27, 2009
- Blog Post
By Matthew Hudson Recently, editors of Leadership Journal, Marshall Shelley and Brandon O'Brien, interviewed the executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary and a former youth pastor, Dr. Kara Powell (Ph.D., Fuller). It was so refreshing and encouraging to hear them ask one of ...
Should We Chalk Up Another One for the Anti-Marriage Crowd?
- Jun 26, 2009
- Blog Post
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is beginning to take on the look of a punching bag in the press these days (until he was rescued by the news of Michael Jackson’s death). After going A.W.O.L. over Father’s Day weekend, it was discovered that the Sanford ...
Where Are All the Healthy Churches?
- Jun 17, 2009
- Blog Post
As I have the privilege of teaching at homeschool conferences around the country (California, Iowa, and Virginia to name a few), I have had the privilege of talking to hundreds of families. For the most part, these conversations have been very encouraging. However, there is one thing I’ve learned ...