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Multiplying Christ followers
Multiplying = Imitating
My favorite professor in college was Dr. Nyland. He had a way of explaining complex ideas and simplifying them. Without a doubt, he was a gifted teacher. Although educated at Harvard, his Ivy League pedigree never impeded him from relating well to his students.
Make an eternal difference in New England
For the past several months at the Baptist Churches of New England, we have emphasized the importance of ‘multiplying Christ followers’ through our weekly evangelism webinars. Without a doubt, our network of churches must constantly be vigilant and intentional in engaging lostness and making disciples in New England.
Let it snow!
With the recent snow storm, millions of New Englanders have been shoveling, plowing, or blowing major amounts of snow off their driveways and sidewalks. Growing up in Florida, I never saw snow except on TV. Now that I have lived in the Northeast for the past eight years, I get excited when a snow storm hits. My neighbors think I’m crazy.
Keep asking
Several years ago, I was speaking at a conference to church planters. At the end of the session, one of the attenders came up to me and said sarcastically, “I heard you are a hot shot church planter. What do you think has made you successful?” I thought about his question and answered seriously and yet simply, “I didn’t give up.”
God’s Church
“I don’t think this church will make it. Honestly, I don’t think I am going to make it,” I blurted out as I sobbed before my wife. The frustration and disappointment erupted violently and unexpectedly. No one had prepared me for the hardship and disappointment I would endure.
BCNE launches new church planting partnerships led by Hal Haller
The Baptist Convention of New England is creating a new pathway to facilitate direct church planting partnerships between established local churches and church planters who want to work in nearby areas.