We Plan, But God Directs: The Bridge Church
"We learned an important lesson that week: Sometimes God calls you to exchange your plans for his, in order to care for his people."
"We learned an important lesson that week: Sometimes God calls you to exchange your plans for his, in order to care for his people."
"One person who was excited about seeing new generations come to know Jesus was a 91-year-old woman named Ruth."
"All the experts say that establishing new churches is the single most effective way to spread the gospel to a broken world.”
"I’m not claiming it’s wrong to minister full-time; merely that it’s not always right."
Brian Bolt: "God doesn't call the equipped. He equips the called."
“The sending church misses out on the blessing of supporting a new work should they refuse to engage proactively.”
"Those who go into church planting without understanding the necessary commitment level almost always fail."
"After a few years of fruitful growth, we became comfortably stable, and my heart grew uncomfortably cold."
"The church planted with good dirt hears God’s calling with a noble heart, keeps the mission in focus and bears much fruit."
"What has surprised us the most in this church planting adventure? The faithfulness of God to answer prayers of desperation."