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Archive for February, 2008

Audio Blog - Installment 7

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Check out this latest installment of the Elevation Church Audio Blog. Another week of tackling Q and A from the questions we received during the open call for blog topics a few weeks back.
Give yourself about 15 min before you dive in. If you’re a church planter, this should be helpful. And if you’re not, [...]

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My Chief Spiritual Advisor

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I’ve heard that Billy Graham referred to his wife, Ruth, as his Chief Spiritual Advisor. I like that a lot.
I want to take a moment on Valentine’s Day to honor my Chief Spiritual Advisor. Holly , I know a lot of people don’t know it, but Elevation Church would be in pretty sorry shape [...]

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Two-Year Anniversary Video

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

We feel so grateful that we just celebrated our two-year anniversary as a church this weekend. We realize that a lot of churches in our position don’t even make it to year two. We’re not taking it for granted, we’re trying to listen to God’s voice, obey Him and watch Him bless his church.
Here’s a [...]

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Buying baby clothes

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Scott at the Awaken Blog asked me to contribute something on the subject of church growth. Here’s what I sent, and I liked the idea so much, I’m posting it here too.
Leading a growing church is equal parts exhilaration and exasperation.
It seems like every time we restructure ourselves, the new structure is obsolete just two [...]

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What do you do to take care of your staff?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Some folks wrote in wanting to know what we do at Elevation to take care of our staff. Particularly, I got the most questions about how we care for the “Pastoral Staff” (clarification: we actually don’t use this term, we refer to our lead staff as Directional Staff). So I’ll focus on them by listing [...]

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You Asked… Audio Blog Edition Part II

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Welcome to the weekly audio blog. We liked the Q and A approach so much, we’re going to run with it again.
This week, we’re tackling a question about fundraising. It’s a question that comes up all the time around here, especially as people are trying to get new churches off the ground.
Give yourself about 15-20 [...]

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Never go to war where there are no spoils

Friday, February 8th, 2008

I’m sure you’ve heard that before, or something like it. The idea is that the intensity of your pursuit should never exceed the value of the corresponding reward. More simply, don’t waste time fighting battles that don’t matter in the overall scheme of things. But let’s get to a few practical applications of this advice.
-I [...]

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