by Shane Craven | Nov 23, 2008 | Tribute
Dave Foster pastors The Gathering in Franklin, TN. While at Catalyst this year, Kim and I ran into he and his wife and had a conversation. I have known him from the distance through the years. It was my privilege to visit with Dave this week and, my, what a guy!...
by Shane Craven | Nov 20, 2008 | Church Environments
6 out of 10 Americans believe the church is irrelevant. One out of three pastors believes the church is making a positive impact on the culture. Since the chasm between church and culture is so great, many pastors resort to “fallback methodologies:” Be...
by Shane Craven | Nov 18, 2008 | Partnership
I am going to be outlining Robert Lewis’ book, The Church of Irresistible Influence, over the next several blogs. Serving our community is one of our major-league core values here at Origin. I want to answer why it is so important. Origin Team, this is why we...
by Shane Craven | Nov 17, 2008 | Fundraising
This article by Steve Sjogren about his journey in planting a church is worth the repeat. It’s happened to all of us!
by Shane Craven | Nov 17, 2008 | Launch
Each vision must be preserved. A church launcher should have no interest in sacrificing the vision in exchange for people in the seats. Sure, that would be nice, but many times, new churches attract already reached people who have an agenda, for something they believe...
