Category Archives: Church – Corporation

Year-End Financial Update

Happy New Year to everyone! Wanted to let you know that for the third year in a row, we brought in more money than we paid out. Also, wanted to celebrate with you the final numbers for the 2010 Advent … Continue reading

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2011 – Are You In?

Our elders have identified two areas of organizational emphasis in 2011: Prayer – creating a culture that is obviously dependent upon God for wisdom and encouragement; Process – creating small steps that close the gap between great ideas and everyday … Continue reading

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Our Family Is Growing – December 15, 2010

We’re pleased to announce that Lewis Hensley, Sam Marion, Ryan Schulze, Stephen Terry and Jim Tocci are now members of Christ Church. For us, becoming a member is a commitment to pitch in and help people become family and follow … Continue reading

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Use Your Best Judgment

We only have one rule for our members, officers, staff and Protege team – use your best judgment in every situation. Maybe that doesn’t seem very spiritual but to me this is simply one way to wrap our brains around … Continue reading

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About That Newspaper Article…

Recently I was interviewed along with Bob McAndrew, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, for an article in The Oconee Enterprise about our two churches meeting in the same space. That doesn’t happen often and apparently was deemed newsworthy. The article … Continue reading

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Success Is…

…doing a better job tomorrow at helping people become family and follow Jesus than we did today.

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You Don’t Need Permission to Love People

In his book Organic Leadership, Neil Cole makes a distinction between delegated authority and distributed authority. Delegated authority is when you lend authority to others down the chain of command to fulfill your own will. The authority doesn’t actually leave … Continue reading

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Breaking Myths and Building Legacies

Most churches live for about 30 years. Now they might exist for 50 years, 100 years, or 200 years, but all that is keeping some long-standing churches alive is that no one has turned off the lights yet. The reality … Continue reading

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Sermon in a Sentence – July 25, 2010

Everything we do as a church is missional. Everything we do as a church helps people become family and follow Jesus. Everything we do as a church is an effort to persuade people to trust Jesus as their great treasure … Continue reading

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Our 2010-2011 Teaching Team

I’m excited to announce that the following men have agreed to be part of our teaching team: – Frank Beedle – John Evans – David Hunt – John Norris – Aaron Slaten These men were picked because they have an … Continue reading

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