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Church Planting Is for Wimps: How God Uses Messed-up People to Plant Ordinary Churches that Do Extraordinary Things is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume tells the story of the revitalization of Guilford Baptist Church in northern Virginia. Weaving together Scripture and biblical principles with humor and personal anecdotes, author Michael McKinley asserts that a pastor’s faithful exposition of God’s Word, passion for sharing the Gospel, and care in the training of other godly leaders are more important than the size of his church. ...

somewhere like a crime scene from Law & Order … you only get one body, so let’s enjoy it!). That’s my plan. Of course, we never know the Lord’s appointed plan for our lives (see Acts 18:21; James 4:13–16), so I might not be here next month. But intentions are important, even if we cannot control whether or not they are fulfilled. As a general rule, I think pastors should stay where they are and tend the flock long-term. Mark Dever has observed that a fruitful pastor must “preach and pray, love and
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