A good little post here from my pals at the Sojourn Network.
Archive for the ‘Leadership/Ministry Training’ Category
Four Reminders For Church Planters & Pastors
Posted: May 31, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: church planters, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Pastors, Sojourn
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Help! I Want to Plant a Church But My Wife’s Not So Keen!
Posted: May 30, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, Women and WivesTags: church planter's wives, church planters, church planting, Domestic Kingdom, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, The church planting spouse
This has become something of an ‘issue’ for many men I have known in the last 5 years. I don’t know if it is because we work in a housing scheme or if the problem is more widespread. In my 13 years in the ministry I can say without doubt that one of the biggest [...]
Don Carson on Pursuing Holiness & Fighting Pornography
Posted: May 26, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Discipleship, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, WebsitesTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Holiness, pornography, Don Carson, Desiring God, sanctification
There is a great three minute interview here with Don on the issue of holiness and pornography.
Why The Trinity Matters!
Posted: May 25, 2012 by conand17 in Biblical/Pastoral Counselling, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, Cross, Doctrine & theology, Ed Sanders, housing schemes, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Titus, Trinity
By Andy Constable Last week we were at a conference for gospel centred churches who are working in housing scheme/housing estate ministry. The conference was focused on the book of Titus and the main speakers did a great job at expounding it for the context of estate ministries. One of the things that struck me [...]
10 Tips for New Church Planters
Posted: May 23, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: church planting, leadership, Leadership training, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor
1. Make sure that your personal walk with Jesus is firing on all cylinders. Take the time each day to be with God in His Word, meditate on what the Spirit is saying to you and pray that He would fill you and keep you in step with His will for your life. 2. Remember [...]
Is There an Office for Pastors’ Wives?
Posted: May 19, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Discipleship, Leadership/Ministry Training, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, Women and WivesTags: 9marks, Johnathan Leeman, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, pastor's wives
A really good article from Johnathan Leeman at 9marks. check it out here.
Am I Really a Church Planter?
Posted: May 15, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Acts29WE, church planting, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Scott Thomas, spiritual gifts, Training
Because church planting seems to be “in” at the moment, there seems to be an endless supply of young men (and old) putting themselves forward as “planters”. Interestingly, very few feel “called” to housing schemes/council estates (although a few of us in the UK are seeing a slow but steady turn around in this). Perhaps [...]
What Should Christians Really Think About the Homosexual Marriage Debate?
Posted: May 14, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Audio, Biblical/Pastoral Counselling, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, Websites, Women and Wives, YouthTags: Christianity Today, EPM, Homosexuality and the Christian, justin taylor, Kevin De Young, Matt Chnadler, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Randy Alcorn, Stephen Altrogge, The Bible, The Blazing center, the gospel coalition, The White Horse Inn
The issue, as per usual, is all over the media once again. Hats off to the homosexual lobby for keeping this issue alive. I read somewhere that there are less homosexuals in our country than evangelicals, but whilst we all waste time fighting about hymn books and the use of drums in worship, they have [...]
Building a Gospel Centred Community
Posted: May 11, 2012 by conand17 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, community, Eugene Peterson, evangelism, fellowship, Gospel, Mez McConnell, preaching, Tim Keller
by Andy Constable I am very privileged to work in an environment that is gospel focused. I came onto the Niddrie team 2 years ago and one of the reasons for doing so was because Mez’s vision was and is to bring the gospel to bear in his life, the life of the church and [...]
T4G Conference 2012: Missionary Pastors Grow Missionary Churches (7)
Posted: May 10, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, T4G Conference 2012, WebsitesTags: David Platt, evangelism, Mez McConnell, missions, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Pastors, T4G
Speaker: David Platt Text: Revelation 5 Title: Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions Find the sermon online here. For those of you who have been following these posts, this is my final one. The more beady eyed among you will know that there were 9 main sessions at T4G but I only took notes [...]
