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This word is one of the seven Hebrew words for praise.  It has three meanings: To shine clearly To dance with passion To be outrageously foolish Shining refers to us being happy about God and happy with God.  The word “Hallelujah” comes from this root – to be happy with Jah (short for Jehovah –Continue reading “Halal (1 of 7)”

One of the things we are doing at Tree of Life is building a culture where there is both a high level of inspiration and a high level of challenge. I have been in a number of churches and conferences which are very inspirational. The messages are designed to help us dream big, to paintContinue reading “Our Culture 05: Inspiring and Challenging”

Last weekend we had the joy of hosting Arthur and Cathy Meintjes from Kingdom Life Ministries.  Arthur is now the most prolific guest speaker at Tree of Life Church, and the whole network of churches is better off because of it.  And this Sunday he brought a powerful message on the present day ministry ofContinue reading “Leadership Lessons from Arthur Meintjes”

We have just had the greatest leadership conference we have ever had.  It was so glorious, so free in the Spirit, and I have never had so many testimonies from a single conference ever.  If you want to listen to the conference, you can go to http://www.gatesofthecity.net and have a good listen to all theContinue reading “Leadership Lessons from Marie Helene Moulin”

The fourth of our cultural pillars is “Filled With Love”.  God is looking for a church filled with love, that loves one another as Christ has loved us.  That knows the love of God that passes all understanding and yields and allows that love to manifest through us. Now this cultural pillar is something thatContinue reading “Our Culture 04: Filled With Love”

A big part of our culture in Tree of Life Church is building a church full of the nations.  Now if you are in a village in the middle of Kenya, then it is going to be impossible for you to build a multi-ethnic church; but if you are in London and you are buildingContinue reading “Our Culture 03: Full of the Nations”

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”