by Shane Craven | Aug 18, 2008 | Church Planting
You know, the Bible is so clear about trying to put “new wine in old wineskins.” To me that means, that forever we will be making element and mental changes to our services and churches, while never compromising any page of the scripture. It’s...
by Shane Craven | Aug 16, 2008 | Pastor
So enjoyed lunch with a new friend, Matt Evans, pastor at Rockbridge Community Church in Dalton, GA. It’s one of those kinds of relationships that has an immediate connection and affinity. What an encouragment for me, personally. You are talking about a...
by Shane Craven | Aug 15, 2008 | Church Planting
A few more reminders of why we are planting a new church: To save those that are far from God Existing churches just aren’t doing it The only state growing in church population is Hawaii 3,660 churches started each year; 4,600 close We need 38,802 new churches...
by Shane Craven | Aug 14, 2008 | Launch
We met for the first time last night in our home with our launch team and interested parties, and all I can tell you is, wowwwwwwwww! It exceeded my expectations! We thank you Lord!
by Shane Craven | Aug 13, 2008 | Externally Focused, Uncategorized
The thing I love about church planting is that it is Kingdom work right out of the chute. Why else would you start a church, except for the call, of course, but everything you do impacts and reduces lostness. One of the ways to change a city is to serve it and other...
