Monthly Archives: March 2016

We live in a strange church age.  We live in an age where the Pentecostals and charismatics shy away from the Holy Spirit.  They deny tongues, they relegate healing to a secret back room in the service.  Or in other churches, the gifts are limited (restricted?) to the full time super-anointed clergy where the laityContinue reading “Our Culture 02: Full of the Spirit”

One of the things I heard again at the leadership conference I went to in Hull was to remember the importance and power of culture.  Dreams and visions are great – we need to set a destination, but we also have to let people know how to do what they should to to be partContinue reading “Our Culture 01: Full of the Word”

Just had the awesome privilege from being at a senior pastor’s conference hosted by Jarrod Cooper. There was a lot of information and inspiration at the conference, and all the speakers brought good messages. But the most powerful message for me was brought by Ken Gott, who I haven’t heard preach for nearly twenty years.Continue reading “5 Leadership Lessons from Ken Gott”

I am currently in Rome at a conference for pastors and leaders across Europe.  One of the speakers is Juan Caron, pastor of Passion for Christ Church in Madrid. This church has over 2000 members and last year baptized over 600 new converts.  I have had the honour of hearing the man minister and meetContinue reading “5 Leadership Lessons from Juan Caron”

We have been speaking about spiritual fathers in the church for the last few weeks, and it has been beneficial teaching.  One thing I find is that many people in the church are wondering why there are so few fathers in the body of Christ.  Many people have the heart’s cry “where are the fathers?”Continue reading “Spiritual Fathers 06 -Where Are the Sons?”