WELCOME BC PASTORS

A big hello to the great people from BC, Canada who are checking in on the blog. At Pastor's camp in BC this year, I got to know better David Solmes who is the Assistant Superintendent of the BC & Yukon District.

One late evening after coffee we got talking about missional living in context of smaller, solo church pastor setting. I was so impressed with his passion for people like you and me. He even set up a time so I could hang out with some of their people and we had an 1.5 hour visit during a long lunch break. It was great time of sharing vision, ideas as well as encouraging each other. Men and Women who are all in similar pastoral situations, be called to stand together and be proud that God has called us to make MAJOR kingdom impact wherever we are. We are in the vast majority of churches in the PAOC... most people over look us because we are smaller and smaller, even in our christian denominations, is seen as less important in the kingdom of God.

I have a vision to change that to all of our solo led churches are once again on the front edge of what God is doing. DO NOT FORGET... God chose David, the guy that no one even bothered to invite to come to the job interview, as His next KING... God greatly uses people that no one knows, in places that no one has heard of.... to revel His Glory...

David Solmes gets that and you, BC, are blessed to have a guy like him on your great BC leadership team. Check out his blog at http://leadforward.ca/.

Let us all come together, solo pastors across Canada and unite for the kingdom of God! ya...

-K

Transformational Small Church - FREE WEBCAST

Here is upcoming "online" seminar that you may like to participate in. If you are not familiar with these webinars... they are VERY good for us in smaller, solo church settings. Unless you want to be apart of the studio in Nashville, there is no need to register or pay anything.... yes a FREE seminar. So book off the day (Sept 7th)... bring your notebook and watch... better yet, get a few other solo pastor people together to watch... cool!
You get to learn and be challenged and again it does not cost your church a dime... nice....
I hope you join me online...
-K

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., 8/23/10 - Join Ed Stetzer, LifeWay Research director and "The Exchange" host, and LifeWay President Thom Rainer for a free live webcast devoted to "Transformational Small Churches."

The special, extended edition of "The Exchange" will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (CDT) Sept. 7. Pastors and church staff are invited to participate via computer or to be part of the studio audience as Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer discuss how small churches can apply elements revealed through LifeWay's "Transformational Church" initiative. Topics include vibrant leadership, relational intentionality, worship, and mission.

In addition to Stetzer and Rainer, an interdenominational panel of experts will discuss how small churches are making a biblical impact in the lives of their members and in their communities. The panelists will include David Gould, pastor of First Wesleyan Church, Nashville, Tenn.; Jason Whitehurst, pastor of Music City Assembly of God, Nashville, Tenn.; German Castro, pastor of El Shaddai Christian Church, Brentwood, Tenn.; John Racioppa, pastor of Westmoreland First Baptist Church, Westmoreland, Tenn.; Brian Bullard, pastor of Community Fellowship Baptist Church, Covington, Ga.; and Lynn Harper, pastor of Promised Land Missionary Baptist Church, Dallas.

A limited number of studio audience seats are available for $10 each, which includes lunch. Presenters and panelists will be answering questions submitted by participants throughout the day. Onsite participants interested in asking questions should bring a laptop as all question submissions will occur through a chat feature or Twitter.

The event will be available live at LifeWay.com/TheExchange at 10 a.m. on Sept. 7.

Event details:

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010

Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Onsite check-in begins at 9 a.m., and the online discussion group will open at 9:40 a.m.)

Cost: webcast viewer - Free

Location: LifeWay Christian Resources offices in downtown Nashville

Follow the Leader

A Francis Chan clip... GREAT preaching!!

Dave Wells on the church...

Today.... I was listening to Dave Wells on 100 Huntley Street on July 13, 2010... he was talking about the Chaplaincy program that he was apart of this past winter at the 2010 Olympics. At the end of the video the host asks Dave about Christian denominations today as the leader of a large evangelical denomination (the PAOC). Listen to what Dave says... what do you think?
-K

And We're Back

Hello!! Just wanted to do a quick update now that I am back in the "chair". We had a restful summer with lots of great discussions and meeting some great people...

Lots to talk about... lots to learn... thanks for joining us here online...

-K