by Shane Craven | Oct 3, 2008 | Leadership
I’m amazed at many of the pastors and people I meet that feel it is their calling to somehow “make” others do it God’s way! Instead of saying, “Ok, I just shared with you what God’s plan can be for your life right out of the Word...
by Shane Craven | Oct 2, 2008 | Staffing
No doubt about it, we have all been coached in the church plant world that your first hires are your most important hires in launching a new church. I heard Dr. Charles Stanley say years ago that he had stopped hiring based on ability and began hiring based on...
by Shane Craven | Oct 1, 2008 | Tribute
I preached at Paulding Baptist Church in Hiram, GA this time last year. It was tough to say the least. Great people, little vision, and a lot of hope. This is a church that had seen some great days in the past, but were probably on their way to non-existence. The...
by Shane Craven | Sep 30, 2008 | Evangelism
Ben did a great job on this one. Read it here.
by Shane Craven | Sep 29, 2008 | Baptism
Last weekend, when Buckhead was getting ready to baptize, the sound on the video for Simon Shirley’s testimony would not work. Jeff Henderson, campus pastor, and I went to UGA together and used to do weekend missions to different churches together. He was a...
