Learning from leaders while on Sabbatical
My first trip for my sabbatical was to the St. Louis area to visit with Jason Zellmer and Jason Meyer from Peine Ridge Church in Wentzville, MO. The second visit took me to Community Bible Church in Nashville, TN where I talked with lead pastor, Byron Yawn and also visited friends from Liberate 2015, Arnie & Marci Preheim. Both of these trips were valuable as I learned several things from each location. Here are a few things I learned: SIMPLE-At Peine Ridge Church, their philosophy of ministry is simple. They do a few things and seek to do them well. For example, they do not have Sunday School or age segregated small groups. This leads to the second things I observed and learned. ALL AGES TOGETHER-Peine Ridge does not separate parents from kids very often. They do have a ministry for children 5 and under during the worship time. I was interested in visiting a Peine Family gathering and was both surprised and impressed. I would make ...