For everyone out there about to start a church or you are looking for more creative and functional ways to lead your church …… you have to check out Ed Young’s philosophy on “Structuring a Staff-Led Church.”  Way back in the early stages of North Point Church, our leadership knew that we wanted a “Staff [...]

If you have ever played any kind of sport, you may have noticed that the good coaches are constantly coaching.  When you are practicing, a good coach will stop everything, give a few instructions, and then continue and expect to see improvements.  Sometimes your coach pulled you aside and talked to you personally, and then [...]

This morning, I was using my NPC Bible & Prayer Journal ….. Since it’s towards the end of the month, we had a free scripture day.  The journal is designed to take us through the bible in a year, and sometimes there are free days with no reading assignment so that we can get caught [...]

I am reading this book right now called Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki.  In the book is chapter called The Art of Innovation.  In this chapter, the author gives principles of innovation that he learned while he was working for Apple.  The 6th principle that he listed, I found very interesting.  The principle was called [...]

North Point Church is starting a new series beginning March 8th, called “IDK”.  We need you to participate, even if you don’t go to church here.  It’s time to text people!

If you could text God…what would you ask?
Text Your faith questions to 417-459-3996 Your Real Faith Questions Answered.
*Your questions will be highlighted in the series.
 

I am sitting in an airport early in the morning waiting to catch a flight back to Springfield. We took a little vacation.  Something that I have learned is that being the Lead Pastor of North Point needs to be a marathon to me and not a sprint.  Having said that, I have learned to take breaks [...]

Today is my day off and tomorrow I am planning on getting out of town with my lovely bride to just chill out for a few days.  A much needed and hopefully deserved break.  I am not much in the mood to be profound today, but thought I would just list a few random thoughts [...]

      In the News Leader today, they did a big story about IMPACT - the church’s initiative to fight 4 global giants — disease, poverty, illiteracy, and spiritual emptiness.  The first link below is the article and the second link is a video that the newspaper made about “Second Saturday”.  I have never been [...]

There are 2 different kinds of strategies that churches tend to follow.  The “Reach Church” and the “Me Church”.  Here are some examples of questions you might find people asking within these two strategies:
Reach Church: How can we include more people?  What is the church doing for others?  What could we do differently to reach [...]

Are you bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt out?  If so, you should check out Brennan Manning’s book, “The Ragamuffin Gospel”…………  here is a little taste……..
“Most of us believe in God’s grace - in theory.  But somehow we can’t seem to apply it in our daily lives.  We continue to see Him as a small-minded book-keeper, tallying [...]