The first reactions are usually positive: “Wow! That is simply amazing!” “That’s more than most churches see in 100 years!” “God is really moving over there!” Then the skeptics and the cynics show up: “You’re making it too easy.” “Who’s going to disciple all those people?” “There’s no way that many people really meant it.”
When […]
Part II, Visioncasting and growing.
I mentioned in Part I (read it here) that we already had about 35 Greeters and Ushers. What I didn’t mention was that we actually had about 70 Greeters and Ushers in a 2-3 month rotating schedule, but… only about 35 of them would actually show up for their assigned serve […]
By: Jay Foreman,
First Impressions Ministry Lead & Director of Home Groups.
Southbrook Church, Weddington, North Carolina
Way back in February of 2004, my wife Darlene and I visited Southbrook church for the first time. It was up at Providence High School in Charlotte , NC. We were in the “Church shopping” mode, and […]
