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THEOLOGY: The Gates Of Hell – Who’s on the offensive?
And I tell you that you are Peter [petros = rock], and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys […]
7 Ways To Think Bigger As A Church
Churches can experience significant growth but still think like small churches think. Here are 7 ways to stop that and think like a church larger than your current size. 1) Not every individual should speak into […]
Why Changing Perception Is Critical
“Action is not the result of intentional reasoned thought but passion.” – James K A Smith. Smith who is a philosopher and theologian is making the point that we are primarily shaped more by the […]
VISION and MISSION
This last Sunday we had our Vision Sunday across all of our services. The atmosphere was electric as we celebrated all that God has done in Christian Life Church in 2013. As we looked towards […]
The Power of Vision
This graph shows the correlation between the hours of practice that Children were putting in to learn a musical instrument after they had answered the following question. “How long do you see yourself playing your […]
HOW TO SURVIVE THE MINISTRY Part One
Was really privileged to speak today to some Pastors on the subject of how to survive the ministry. I was unsure how to approach the subject but decided to base the talk on 2 Timothy […]
First post for CLC Wider Leaders
Hey Our recent Core Leadership meeting decided that I should use this blog as a resource to communicate, train, advise, help etc. the members of our Church’s Wider Leadership Team. I hope you’ll take the […]
7 GUIDELINES FOR GOOD MEETINGS
Someone recently said to me, “Paul, you seem to be in loads of meetings, your days seem ful of meetings.” It is true I do my fair share because of all the forums I’m engaged […]
New Year’s Resolve
As a teenager in church the passing of every year brought about messages on looking ahead, having a positive outlook, being faith filled about the future etc.. At the same time those messages often involved […]
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