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Go Together
"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." -African Proverb I love this African proverb. It echoes my experience with Bloom and the relationships I have cultivated over the last 15 years with women in church planting. Certainly, there...
More & Better Day of Giving: Addison Cachero (Risen Church)
You are a vital link in Stadia’s work to launch new churches. Church Planters like Martin and Angela Cachero are San Diego natives. They launched Risen Church in 2016. Risen seeks to unite people from different backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities into the family of...
The Messy Middle
I’ll be honest, when I was approached about helping to plant a church in Southeast Louisiana, I didn’t even pray about it; I said “no.” My wife and I had recently had our second child. (10 months from the date we had our first child. Yes, we have cable. No, we didn’t...
More & Better Day of Giving: Project 938
You know that children matter to God. And you know that children matter to Stadia. That’s why we plant churches that intentionally and strategically care for children. Project 938 is a Stadia church plant in West Chester, PA. Project 938’s Kids and Youth Director,...
1994
Stadia didn’t exist in 1994, but I wish it did. 1994 is the year our family moved to Kent, Ohio and planted a church there. Our new church plant was exciting, but also full of challenges. Church planting was different in 1994. Today, Stadia is able to offer a world...
The Possibilities Are Endless
Every parent can attest to the love/hate relationship with LEGOs. But even after the 10th time stepping on a misplaced brick on the way to the bathroom at midnight, the creativity and unlimited possibilities outweighs the pain. When we first introduced LEGOs to our...
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...