Archive for September 2012
"Off the Charts" Music for Church
ver the past few decades, the Christian Church has been showered with so much great music that its tough (and expensive) to keep up with all of it. I don’t know about you, but I need help. I especially need help discovering music that works for congregational singing in my particular context.
Maybe you are like me. So I thought it might be helpful to share the names of a few songs that, in my particular setting, are “off the charts” but “off the charts!” In other words, they are songs that you will most-likely not find on someone’s top 25, but when used in a congregational setting, they are great!
Read MoreNew Hope Missionary Baptist Church
It was a beautiful day to fellowship with the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. This vibrant and young congregation, led by co-pastors Dr. Leroy Mitchell and the Rev. G. Joseph Mitchell, gathers in a beautiful facility just blocks from the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. Rev. G. Joseph Mitchell (pictured on the…
Read MoreCongregational Mergers
Recently, I observed what appears to be a successful merger of three United Methodist Congregations into a one congregation. Three congregations sold their facilities, combined their resources, purchased a different facility, and united their hearts and minds to establish a new and improve witness for Christ in their community. This new ministry is called the…
Read MorePastors & Search Committees
As a Senior Pastor of a Chicagoland congregation of about 500 folk, I had the privilege of bringing an Associate Pastor on board. Towards that end, I formed a Pastor Search Committee, of which I was a part. My rational for serving on the committee was that the committee would be selecting my co-worker, my…
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