Have you guys checked out Bob Gonzoles’ blog on Church planting?  He links to a paper (which I have not yet read… it’s pretty large) and he makes some interesting comments.

From Bob’s post:

(1) RB churches need to see the multiplication of new congregations as a core part of the purpose of their churches and associations.
(2) RB churches need to plant churches that are focused on making new disciples.
(3) RB churches need to target large cities in their church planting efforts.
(4) RB churches need to improve their cooperation in order to multiply worshipping congregations.

Any thoughts on this?  Any thoughts about what we could be doing differently?

Here’s a link to Bob’s post:

http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/07/reformed-baptists-not-doing-a-good-job-of-planting-churches/

Fellow Fishermen!

As you have any preaching or other ministry engagements, please add them to the Calendar (you’ll need a gmail account to do so [which is free]) or enter a post with the dates and as soon as I see it I’ll add it to the calendar.

One of the main purposes of this blog is to help us to pray for each other better and to promote love and fellowship.  So let us know what you’re doing!

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Also, Lord willing, there may be a few small changes in the next few weeks.  Once everyone has changed their password, we will change the access level of each member to be able to see each others “Private” blog posts, that way you will have the option to post messages that will only be viewable to logged in users.

So please go ahead and log in and change your password.  If you have any trouble getting signed in let either Brad or me know.  If by the end of the week you have not been able to set up your new password, we will assign you a password and send it to you via email.

Its very exciting and encouraging to read what has already been written here.  Thank you.

Just a few things to note for the blog: if someone makes a comment for the first time then it will be held for approval.  Once anyone has had one comment approved then future comments will be posted automatically.  So if you write a comment and dont see it right away then dont worry, it will show up very soon.

Also, please make sure you change your passwords as soon as possible.  There are people on the web who would love to foul up a site like this with obscenities and such, and at this point the usernames and passwords can easily be found out.  To change your password go to your user profile and scroll to the bottom, and you will see where you can quickly make the change.

Finally, I added two pages, one which contains a calendar, and one which lists upcoming events drawn from the calendar.  If you have an event that you want added to the calendar then write up a blog post for the event and when I see the post I will add the event to the calendar.  The “upcoming events” page for our blog currently lists all the events listed on the calendar within the next 8 weeks.  If you have a gmail account associated with your user account here then I have given you access to edit the calendar directly.  There are directions at the bottom of the calendar page for how to edit the calendar and also how to gain access if you dont have access already.

Thank you!