[NEW STORY POD IS LIVE] • We're stoked to share this episode where @mikedcosper from Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky is sitting down with @clhansen628 from @rccbirmingham in Birmingham, Alabama and the editorial director for @thegospelcoalition. They talk about his work on the "young, restless, and reformed," the church's place in a shifting culture, his own personal journey into ministry and his life's work, and Mike even dares to quote Richard Rohr in front of one of the editors of the Gospel Coalition. :) • Enjoy this fun and expansive conversation! • Hear more stories at thisissojournnetwork.com • #gospel #culture #birmingham #louisville #tgc #reformed #Jesus #churchplanting #acts29
Our annual #LeadersSummit18 is just around the corner and you should register online today. [link in bio] • Our hope in this event is to help one another to be good shepherds and leaders. The goal of "Ministry That Lasts" is to stir up men and women to lead churches towards their most fruitful future. We want to bring clarity, charity, gospel-saturated, renewal-based thinking and practice to local church life. We truly want to serve and inspire you to love Jesus and lead his people in a ministry that endures. • Speakers this year include: Zack Eswine, @jamberw, Timothy Paul Jones, @revdaveharvey, @mikedcosper, Jarvis Williams, @JonathanDodson, @ronniemartin, @missymrtn, @hannah_._anderson, @danhyun1, @nickbogardus, @thewelshryan, @jaredskennedy, @robertkcheong, @karenmcheong, Tim Beltz, @revgilbert, @georgiagilbert2, and more... • #leadership #leaders #conference #churchplanting #gospel #Jesus #leaders #team #ministry
[FRESH POD] thisissojournnetwork.com • On today's show, Ronnie Martin from Substance Church in Ashland, Ohio is sitting down with Brandon Shields from Soma in Indianapolis, Indiana. They talk about how Brandon moved from South Florida to Indy, planted Soma as an outsider, about how he grew Soma into a multi-site church, and about how they became a church-planting church. Oh yeah, and they talk a bit about how you fight ego as a pastor and church planter.
You read that right. That's 2 tickets for the price of 1! Register now for a chance to bring a friend for free! This is a limited time offer. • [link in bio] • *For every ticket purchased, you’ll receive a code to get one free. Applies to both Leaders’ Summit & Intensive tickets. No minimum purchase required. #LeadersSummit18
Sending out a mass mailing of "Charting the Course" by Tim Beltz (thanks to @patriciabeltz for sharing him with us)! • If you didn't know it yet, you can purchase Sojourn Network "How-To" paperbacks on @amazon now. Soon and very soon you'll be able to find each and every one of our titles from authors @revdaveharvey @mikedcosper @michaeltimothywinters @jaredskennedy @jslinneman and more to come. • #churchplanting #strategy #howto #ministry #pastoralministry #church #leadership #art #culture
Now this is happening. Thanks @ronniemartin & @aaroncgray for a beautiful and candid conversation! #thisissojournnetwork
"Every pastor's wife has an unwritten job description for herself. It might be unconscious and loosely defined but it's there. We know the feeling of not measuring up to what we think we are supposed to do and be. We know the areas that we're falling short. You might not be a pastor's wife. You might be a mom, a ministry leader, or whoever. We have this mental checklist, job description, at all times that we measure ourselves against. It is so tiring!" - @missymrtn • [NEW ON THE BLOG] • sojournnetwork.com/blog . . . . . . . #churchplanting #churchplanter #womeninministry #stress #humility #burnout #ministry #motherhood #gospel #Jesus #church
[Episode 5 is Live] #ThisIsSojournNetwork • "I just remember walking away from that like that is the craziest advice I've ever heard. Like how on earth is that going to prepare me to plant a church? And then by God's grace I was able to just submit to that leadership at the time. And I parked cars for the next year, attended a community group...and man...I just remember parking cars and thinking, "How on earth is this preparing me to plant a church?" I look back now on that time though and I see that it absolutely did." • On this episode, Dave Owens chats with Rusty McKie. Rusty is the lead pastor of Sojourn Community Church in Chattanooga, TN, and Today we talk about the ups and downs of church planting, pastoring through dark seasons, and about God's faithfulness—his ability to show up—when things get confusing. • thisissojournnetwork.com . . . . . . #churchplanting #church #tennessee #chattanooga #Jesus #gospel #sojournnetwork #pastor #podcast
[FRESH ON THE BLOG] • Stranger Danger? Collaborating for Gospel Saturation (Part 1) • If you’re in a church network, collaboration isn’t an entirely foreign concept. Often other churches in your network aren’t down the road, but in other states or even on the other side of the country. Why is it easier to partner with a church hundreds of miles away than one in your neighborhood? Kingdom collaboration is easy when you’re in a room of people you agree with. It’s a totally different thing to look at the greater body of Christ with a responsibility to collaborate with other churches and other pastors who may not be part of your tribe. Churches that do things very different from the way you do things, but they love and preach Jesus – men, women, and children are coming to trust Jesus in their churches. • How are you partnering with them? Are you partnering with them? Or are you standing in the way of (geographical) gospel saturation? • [sojournnetwork.com/blog] . . . . . . #churchplanting #partnerships #collaboration #gospel #mission #kingdom #love #mercy #justice #diversity #unity
[NEW PODCAST EPISODE] * On this episode, Mike Cosper chats with Dan Hyun. Dan is the lead pastor of The Village Church in Baltimore, MD. Today, we're talking to Dan Hyun, pastor of the Village Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Dan planted the Village Church in 2008 with a vision of growing a multicultural community, and he's done that. We talk about the challenges of that calling starting with growing up in Korean churches and growing into the vision that drives him today. • thisissojournnetwork.com • #churchplanting #Baltimore #multicultural #multiethnic #ministry #Jesus #gospel #pastors #urban #renewal
We are excited to offer a collaborative cohort where you will learn and grow with other pastors and ministry leaders from across the country. This cohort, led by @nbivey of @seedtooaks, will span from October 2018 to March 2019 and is designed for mercy pastors, deacons, staff or key non-staff leadership responsible for community outreach, ministry to the poor, or local mission. Over the course of these 6 months together, you will advance in planting, growing, and multiplying healthy leaders in the areas of mercy and justice. • For more info visit sojournnetwork.com/cohorts • #mercy #cohort #pastors #leadership #leaders #justice #community #outreach #poverty #mission #grace #Jesus #gospel
Registration opens today for our annual Leaders' Summit. Join Zack Eswine, Jamaal Williams, Timothy Paul Jones, @revdaveharvey, and many more in Louisville this October 23-25! [Link in bio] ____ Here's a bit more on the conference theme and our intent... Sojourn Network wants to plant churches; many churches — urban, suburban, rural, small cities, different peoples — we want to take the gospel there! But not at the expense of our planters, their families or the long-term sustainability of their ministry. All over the land pastors are burning out. They feel underpaid and overstretched, discouraged, some even depressed. Some feel like they no longer hear the sweet melody of God’s love. If that’s you, we understand. And we want to help! So one key question we want to highlight during our Leaders’ Summit is this: whether you're a preaching pastor, worship director, youth leader, executive pastor, Sunday school teacher, women's ministry director, or any other kind of leader, what does it take to sustain a ministry in such a way that it will flourish for the long haul? We’ll explore the reality of sin and the impact of grace, learn how to minister as human beings, addressing the reality of our weakness and frailty in light of the gospel, and hear the stories of those who have gone before us. Our hope is to help one another to be good shepherds and leaders. The goal of "Ministry That Lasts" is to stir up men and women to lead churches towards their most fruitful future. We want to bring clarity, charity, gospel-saturated, renewal-based thinking and practice to local church life. We truly want to serve and inspire you to love Jesus and lead his people in a ministry that endures.
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[NEW STORY POD IS LIVE] • We're stoked to share this episode where @mikedcosper from Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky is sitting down with @clhansen628 from @rccbirmingham in Birmingham, Alabama and the editorial director for @thegospelcoalition. They talk about his work on the "young, restless, and reformed," the church's place in a shifting culture, his own personal journey into ministry and his life's work, and Mike even dares to quote Richard Rohr in front of one of the editors of the Gospel Coalition. :) • Enjoy this fun and expansive conversation! • Hear more stories at thisissojournnetwork.com • #gospel #culture #birmingham #louisville #tgc #reformed #Jesus #churchplanting #acts29
Our annual #LeadersSummit18 is just around the corner and you should register online today. [link in bio] • Our hope in this event is to help one another to be good shepherds and leaders. The goal of "Ministry That Lasts" is to stir up men and women to lead churches towards their most fruitful future. We want to bring clarity, charity, gospel-saturated, renewal-based thinking and practice to local church life. We truly want to serve and inspire you to love Jesus and lead his people in a ministry that endures. • Speakers this year include: Zack Eswine, @jamberw, Timothy Paul Jones, @revdaveharvey, @mikedcosper, Jarvis Williams, @JonathanDodson, @ronniemartin, @missymrtn, @hannah_._anderson, @danhyun1, @nickbogardus, @thewelshryan, @jaredskennedy, @robertkcheong, @karenmcheong, Tim Beltz, @revgilbert, @georgiagilbert2, and more... • #leadership #leaders #conference #churchplanting #gospel #Jesus #leaders #team #ministry
[FRESH POD] thisissojournnetwork.com • On today's show, Ronnie Martin from Substance Church in Ashland, Ohio is sitting down with Brandon Shields from Soma in Indianapolis, Indiana. They talk about how Brandon moved from South Florida to Indy, planted Soma as an outsider, about how he grew Soma into a multi-site church, and about how they became a church-planting church. Oh yeah, and they talk a bit about how you fight ego as a pastor and church planter.
You read that right. That's 2 tickets for the price of 1! Register now for a chance to bring a friend for free! This is a limited time offer. • [link in bio] • *For every ticket purchased, you’ll receive a code to get one free. Applies to both Leaders’ Summit & Intensive tickets. No minimum purchase required. #LeadersSummit18
Sending out a mass mailing of "Charting the Course" by Tim Beltz (thanks to @patriciabeltz for sharing him with us)! • If you didn't know it yet, you can purchase Sojourn Network "How-To" paperbacks on @amazon now. Soon and very soon you'll be able to find each and every one of our titles from authors @revdaveharvey @mikedcosper @michaeltimothywinters @jaredskennedy @jslinneman and more to come. • #churchplanting #strategy #howto #ministry #pastoralministry #church #leadership #art #culture
Now this is happening. Thanks @ronniemartin & @aaroncgray for a beautiful and candid conversation! #thisissojournnetwork