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It Started As A Dream
I have been one of the few people fortunate to see and experience the birth of LifeBridge Church. Before there was a building, people to fill the seats or even before it had a name, it was a dream. It started as a dream birthed into the heart of my Associate Pastor at...
Step Out of the Tent
For the past month, our church has been working through a study called Nameless Women. The stories of these nameless women in Scripture are inspiring, and as I’ve reflected on them, I began imagining what their lives were like. Here is an excerpt from my personal blog...
Moons Over My Hammy
Why would any leader spend money out of their church's budget to take their team to a conference that may or may not be good when there are so many different ways that money could be used? As leaders, we have all had those doubts and worries and questioned whether we...
No Life I Would Trade it For
“I love being the daughter of a church planter,” says JudiAnn McMahon. “There’s no life that I would trade it for.” JudiAnn is the daughter of Troy and Janet that planted Restore Community Church in Kansas City. In 2008, when JudiAnn was seven years old, they launched...
More & Better Day of Giving: Jonah Steele
When Janie Mehaffey first asked me to come shoot some photos at a big church planting conference in Orlando, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was a freshman in college, and up to that point using my camera had been a hobby to fill up my Instagram profile. But...
Ethnos Church
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6) Ethnos Church gives thanks to God for setting us apart to bring the light of salvation to all people in Milwaukee by making...
A Church With Every Nation, Tribe, People, and Language
Wekab and Kanya Ombe are refugees from the Congo living in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After 19 years in a Tanzanian refugee camp where they fled to escape the ravages of war and a corrupt government, they welcomed an opportunity to come to the U.S. to raise their...
Exponents
Webster’s Dictionary defines “exponential” as… No, just kidding. I’m not about to give an awkward wedding toast. I’m just going to be short and sweet. I think you should come to Exponential 2020. Also, I lied a little bit because I really DID look up “exponential”...
You Are Not Alone
It’s a little quiet being alone... As I walked through the airport, journeying to my first Bloom Retreat last year, I realized it was a very rare thing for me to be alone with some quiet. No city noise? No Baby Shark? No appointments running through my mind? What’s a...