Seminar: “Connecting the Sermon to the Small Group”

 
How can a church make disciples in the 21st Century? On January 13, 2009, I’ll be leading a workshop at the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention onConnecting the Sermon to the Small Group. If you know of any pastors who are in churches where Sunday School is not working or expanding or are looking for [...]

Book Recommend: Sticky Church

I just finished reading Pastor Larry Osborne’s Sticky Church. The book is a must read for anyone wanting to do small groups well. Really, if you want to do a simple church type of model, you should consider sermon-based small groups as a way to make disciples and close the back door of the church. Here [...]

Sticky Church Conference 2008

The Sticky Church Conference is nothing short of what ministry is all about: making disciples.
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Larry Osborne today. Larry is the Senior Pastor of North Coast Church in Vista, California. In one way this was a dream come true. In another way it was just a great opportunity to [...]

Social Media and 21st Century Ministry

In the last year I have been following a friend of mine, Pastor Kerry Mackey, in his use of Social Media as a means of community, communication, and commitment to making disciples. Kerry’s site is www.streettotheseat.com. Check it out. Kerry’s an expert at social media and assimilation. I’ve found social media to very gratifying and [...]

Sermon Based Small Groups

I’m writing my DMIN project on Sermon Based Small Groups (SBSGs). The Patriarch for the model is Pastor Larry Osborne. Northcoast church is a great church and Larry is a great leader. 
In the homiletical field, I’ve been studying Haddon Robinson for over 15 years. His book Biblical Preaching describes the Big Idea method to preaching [...]