Church Planting Experience Essay

The first goal I have is to understand the scriptures in the Bible and grow in my faith. When I started to look at colleges, I didn’t even think about attending a Christian college. I contacted a junior college in a nearby town to see what they had to offer me. By the grace of God, they recommend me to CCU. At the time that I enrolled, I didn’t realize that I would be required to take Bible classes. At first, I wondered

The word “Christian” in Colorado Christian University is more than just a belief shared amongst the Faculty and Student Body. It is the foundation on which all aspects of the educational experience are built. Beginning with a strong Statement of Faith, which aligns with core beliefs of the National Association of Evangelicals, the University proclaims its belief “in the Bible as being the only authoritative Word of God, that God exists in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as well as belief in the salvation and resurrection that is only found in Christ Jesus” (Statement of Faith at Colorado Christian University, n.d.).

There are many events that caused me to want to pursue a Biblical Studies degree at Colorado Christian

After recently moving to the University of Central Florida, I began to feel like a little fish who was swimming in an even bigger pond than before. As loneliness set it, I started to have second thoughts in regards to why I was in a place where I felt like I didn 't belong. Turning to prayer, I asked that God would surround me around college students who held the same beliefs as myself, allowing me feel apart of a family again. Fortunately, I was directed to Cru. Cru is an international ministry that is planted on college campuses all around the world. Their vision is to help individuals discover, build, and evangelize the gospel of Jesus Christ based on the principles of Faith, Growth and

At this point in my life I feel that I am ready to begin to study for my career. For several years I have wanted to go back to school but wasn’t always one hundred percent sure what I was going to do. Through life experiences and working various jobs I am confident that Colorado Christian University will meet my needs as a student. I am also enthusiastic about attending classes such as Biblical Studies and Christian Leadership which will help me grow in my faith. I currently am teaching kindergarten Sunday School, and the biblical studies or Christian leadership class will help me in teaching the kids about The Bible. Completing a degree at Colorado Christian University will help me grow professionally and personally. By taking classes in the Health

An aspect of most colleges that identify as Christian is one that goes beyond academic success or a social life. This aspect is the emphasis placed on a student’s faith, spirituality, and relationship with God. Specifically at Urshan College, many students will define the origin of their college choice in a meaningful moment with God when He called them to attend. While students come to Urshan College for a general education, many students desire the specifically Apostolic education Urshan has to offer that builds upon the calling to a life of ministry. This is a perfect representation of the mission of Urshan College as an Apostolic institute. Urshan’s mission is to to educate, equip, and empower students to go out and live the lives God has called them to live.

I had a pastor tell me, if I was going to fulfill the call on my life, I needed to go back to school and earn a theological degree. Honestly, I did not think about his advice very much. I already had a Bachelor degree in teaching. We began Donna Renfro Ministries in December 2003. In December 2004, I had the car wreck and my life changed forever this side of Heaven. By 2009, I had physically healed enough to consider degree seeking. Kevin and I made the decision to embark upon the journey of obtaining a Master's Degree at Emmanuel Christian Seminary. Over the course of the last seven years, I have earned two master's degrees and on June 26, 2016 I will graduate with my second doctorate degree. I have attended four separate schools for my graduate degrees. There was no way for any human to predict in 2003 what tribulations my family was going to face, but God knew. However, the pastor who advised me concerning theological degrees had given me the perfect advice for this season of our life. I earned my Master of Biblical Studies, Master of Religious Education, and Doctorate of Biblical Counseling after many surgeries including my first brain surgery. Now, I will graduate with my PhD in Theology after my second brain surgery. Going back to school taught me far more than Greek, Theology, or Christian History. I realized I could still learn, retain information, make goals, and achieve the goals in spite of facing death, an extremely ill child, and having my husband diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, which was later changed to NMO. The car wreck took my neck mobility away; but, it did not take my life

In 1991, John Borgal was asked to be the compassionate ministries coordinator for the Washington District Church of the Nazarene. In 1992, the district cautiously accepted John's idea of collecting donated items at the Fawn Grove Church of the Nazarene for the purpose of sending a container to Mozambique. The church donated the basement for John to use as storage. The church members gave of their time to help organize the items and load containers. John's vision had started a movement in the church and by 2001 Fawn Grove church took out a loan to build a warehouse on the church property. By that time, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) had taken ownership of the donated items and hired John as the warehouse manager to oversee the

In David Hesselgrave's book: Planting Churches Cross Culturally, he gives Biblical and practical advice for local and foreign missions. He formerly taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. While offering good insight, the book is a bit lengthy and the illustrations can be confusing. Nevertheless, it's good for all Christians who are called to evangelize.

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Mathew 19:14 highlights Jesus’ love of children and His desire that they be able to come to Him unhindered. Unfortunately, with many children attending public schools where there is a general intolerance of all things Christianity, it is becoming more and more important that both families and churches are able to fill this gap. Enter Christ Church at Grove Farm’s Kid’s Ministry. CCGF offers Sunday School, Sunday Morning Childcare and Awana weekly, as well as Summer Day Camp once a year. This ministry is headed up by the family ministry pastor* followed by the director*, associate director*, employee*, child care staff, and volunteers. Every summer CCGF also hires one summer intern to assist in the planning and running of their Summer Day Camp. Although CCGF has been able to accomplish a great deal considering how shortly staffed they are, there are still many problems largely in the inner-workings of leadership that need to be improved in order for the ministry to better succeed. Christ Church’s Kid’s Ministry would improve with better communication, specifically in the areas of conflict and clarity, recognizing employee’s level of competence and placing them in an area where they can best use their abilities, and by focusing more on collaborating with parents. This paper will specifically document the ways in which these changes could be made in hopes of

The reason behind this study is to find out a strategy to be used for replanting a church in the United States, Jackson County, Alabama in a town known as Woodville. The study will put into consideration whether a certain kind of individual can show propensity on a contextual basis towards replanting of a new church through the exploration of distinctive of the people in this town from a cultural stand and also the church planting history in a cultural and geographical context. The study will also involve the determination of demographic research and resources exploration that will be enough for the replanting of a new church in Woodville, Alabama.

The general location I chose for this church planting project was in the inner city areas of Baltimore, Maryland. There are currently no daughter works and only three preaching points in the Baltimore City area. It is because of this that I decided to use one of the three preaching points as my foundation. Based off of information from the Reever family, I chose the preaching point in Armistead Gardens. This preaching point is located 20 mins northeast of Central Baltimore near the Inner Harbor area and 20 minutes southwest of the mother church in Rosedale area. The demographics of Armistead Gardens is made up of white, lower class individuals. The majority of these individuals are either, middle aged and single mothers, teenagers, or children. There is a very high presence of gang activity and crime. It is here that the Abundant Life Church of Baltimore, Maryland, pastored by David Reever, sends out a group to hold weekly meetings in a space rented from a Baptist church. This group consists only of one single adult and one married couple. The attendance currently runs between 10-20 people per week.

Well we have to back many years ago I was just a small boy it was told that I would not amount to anything . this was told to me over and over all my life. I have accomplished some things like I became an EMT. It was a very hard thing to do back in the 70s and 80s things were different we did not have the things available like computers . At the time we had the books and that was all and there was no internet to look things up. At the time you had to go the library over the years I learned the mechanics of heavy duty trucks so I can do it but it is harder for me. I thought that I would try collage I have always been interested in the lord. As I go through this course I look to learn more about god and his plain for

The risk for organizations during this phase is to assess for good yet a limited set of qualities in potential church planters. Current tools are helpful, but they are lacking. What they are lacking causes a problem because what is missing in the gap is not emphasized during the earliest stages of church planter formation. What is being emphasized, in other words, assessed is being communicated as a value such as skills, ability, knowledge but what about a planter’s posture towards God, the church, and culture? Church planting organizations will often teach and train about what the purposes of the church are and what the planter needs to do in those areas but without an assessment of their current preferences

As I walk across the Bald Knob High School state for the last time, I will be starting a new chapter in my life. For years, I have contemplated what college I would attend, and what degree I would pursue. Over the course of the past four years of my life, two major events led me to setting goals for my future. Although my plans my lead me in a new direction in the future, I am going to start with the plans God has laid before me presently.