by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION Let’s be honest, most of us pray small, selfish prayers. We pretty much pray for ourselves, our family, and for two or three sick people we know. And the things we pray for ourselves are pretty basic. It’s stuff that’s...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION God is not silent. God is not withdrawn. He is willing and able, even eager to speak to his children. In fact, it’s hard to imagine an intimate relationship with Christ that does not include regular experiences of hearing his...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION We don’t like waiting for anything. Waiting is a bad word in our instant culture. No one likes to wait. But we wait in traffic, wait in airplane holding patterns, wait in grocery store lines, wait for the foursome ahead of us...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles
Have you ever been at that crossroads? At your job, with a relationship, or a life decision? Maybe it’s a ministry decision, what’s next for your ministry, how to navigate a new direction, are you the person to lead in this next season? Maybe you feel like you’re in a...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 18, 2024 | Articles
Erwin McManus once said, “Churches are filled with people who are going to die with the dreams God has for them trapped inside their souls.” That’s a haunting thought. It was a quote that helped motivate me to take the risk of reinventing our church. I wonder if...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 11, 2024 | Articles
Our church is heading into a season of transition from a church-growth assimilation model to a missional multiplication model. We’re re-thinking everything. One of the main things that we’ve been working on is a new scorecard. How do we measure discipleship outcomes...
