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October 5, 2016|by Pastor J.D.Plumb Line #2: We Judge Our Success by Sending Capacity, Not Seating Capacity
Our God is a sending God. He sent his best into the world to save...
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August 15, 2016|by Pastor J.D.Why Your Church Needs to Be Centered and Sent
Early in my pastorate, a well-meaning pastor told me that we should not think that...
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May 12, 2016|by Pastor J.D.“The Love of God Elicits Total Abandonment”
If you missed David Platt's (president of the IMB) visit to the Summit a few...
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April 27, 2016|by Pastor J.D.The Bittersweet Joy of Sending Out Our Best
This weekend we had the bittersweet joy of commissioning another 75 Summit members, who are...
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March 16, 2016|by Pastor J.D.20 Quotes from “Gaining by Losing”
I was thankful to have recently found this post from Ed Stetzer, who distills my...
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February 17, 2016|by Pastor J.D.God Still Does More than We Can Ask or Imagine
A little under a decade ago, God gave The Summit Church a vision of planting 1,000...
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September 9, 2015|by Pastor J.D.Blessed Are the Risk-takers
The following is a modified excerpt from Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to...
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August 26, 2015|by Pastor J.D.When You’re Sick of Saying It, Your Leaders Have Just Heard It
The following is a modified excerpt from Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to...
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August 12, 2015|by Pastor J.D.The Myth of Calling
The following is an excerpt from Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches...
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July 28, 2015|by Pastor J.D.“Gaining by Losing” Releases Today!
Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send is officially available to...
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