I once took a group of students in a world religions class to visit a mosque in the Atlanta area. As we headed home afterward, one student seemed particularly shaken by the experience. He leaned in toward me and said, “We could learn something from those folks about how to humble ourselves before God. We … Continue reading
Category Archives: Church Starting and Faith Sharing Ministries
“There’s an app for that”…..but not for this
My nephew came over the other evening with his family. The youngest was interested in only one thing, the chocolate cake. Want a recipe for chocolate cake? There’s an app for that. The older child wanted to play a game on my phone. There’s an app for that. While cooking dinner for all of them, … Continue reading
Partnering with South Korean Christians
At Sungrak Church in Seoul, South Korea, what a difference 40 years can make. In the late 1960s, Ki Dong Kim started a church with just a handful of people. Now, the congregation has more than 150,000 members. Kim’s son, Sung Hyun Kim is the assistant overseer of the church, helping his father lead one of … Continue reading
A History of New Church Starts?
Oftentimes, when we think about starting new churches, we’re focused on the present or the future. But, of course every established church was once a church start. CBF of Georgia’s newsletter this month focuses on their work with lay-led new church starts over the past ten or more years. It provides a few brief reflections … Continue reading