This morning I spoke at New Life Christian Church . You probably have never heard of the church, but I think it is probably one of the five most influential churches in North American church planting. It was number 13 on our " Top 25 Multiplying Churches " list (see the article here ).
New Life Christian is an Independent Christian Church . I have blogged about their group before after a lunch with a key leader from the movement .
They have three campuses, Mclean, Haymarket, and Centreville. The church was founded in 1993 and the Centreville congretation meets weekly for two services in the Westfield High School auditorium. I spoke in Centreville on Psalm 1 looking at God’s definition of prosperity and success.
The pastor, Brett Andrews , is just a great guy with a great passion for church and church multiplication. The church so influential in church planting partly because it is the sponsor of Passion for Planting . (This is the organzation that r...
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Road to Financial Freedom Message SeriesFrom: blogs.lifeway.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 08:48:55
At my church, we recently completed a 4 week message series called "The Road to Financial Freedom." Our platform was covered with road signs that related to different parts of the message (see below).
You can learn more here . Ashley Clayton is the brains beyond the operation.
Ashley asked me to write and deliver a series of four messages that they would videotape and outline to use in future iterations of the message series. So, since they are using the outlines, I won’t ...
more Homeschooling in CaliforniaFrom: blogs.lifeway.com
Post Date: 2008-03-06 14:54:50
According to the L.A. Times :
Parents who lack teaching credentials cannot educate their children at home, according to a state appellate court ruling that is sending waves of fear through California’s home schooling families.
CT explains in its story :
A California appellate court ruled last week that a family’s religious convictions do not guarantee a right to homeschool their children.
"California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not h...
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