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The most important skill

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

“What is the single most important skill that a church planter needs to have in order to be successful?”
If I had a dime for every person who’s asked me that in the last 2 years, I’d have 10 cents, because somebody asked me this for the first time the other day, and I thought it [...]

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Bless Back Project

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Yesterday at Elevation we kicked off our DOMINATE campaign. I’ve been praying and preparing for this campaign pretty much all year, and I felt very strongly that we needed to intentionally turn people’s perception of what a capital campaign is all about upside down.
So we kicked off the whole campaign by giving away $40,000 to [...]

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Heart and Soul

Friday, August 10th, 2007

I love this verse. I’m preaching on it at our Central campus this Sunday. I’m thankful for people God has placed in my life who have this attitude and approach toward me. Like my wife , my staff, my Mighty Men, my parents, and 4 of my pastor friends who would drop anything to be [...]

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The Current of Culture Part 2

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Creating a Culture of Sacrifice
How do you explain the sacrificial culture of Elevation Church that has been a part of our DNA ever since those first 7 families uprooted their lives and went all in? How do you explain the effects of the radical generosity of those first few families that gave 20% of [...]

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