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An Unusual Church Planting Journey

Posted on June 9, 2017August 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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I’ll be 47 years old in July. Like most second career seminarians I’ve met, I had little if any idea why I was there, and to be honest, I had little idea of what seminary was supposed to be. My life to that point had been driven by a lot of things, none of which…

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Post-Christendom and Bi-vocational Ministry

Posted on May 25, 2017January 28, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Post-Christendom Ministry Standing in the middle of a field in Burnaby, British Columbia, I could not help but smile. Hundreds of people from our neighborhood—new immigrants, families, elderly, young professionals— streamed into a park for the second annual “Inclusion Festival.” A youth band from a local music school played on a stage and a…

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Sustaining a Church Plant Vision through Unlikely Partnerships

Posted on May 5, 2017January 28, 2021 by ptsblog
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Recently 250,000 football fans gathered on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia to witness the NFL draft and boo the living daylights out of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. It’s cold comfort to Commissioner Goodell but he’s not the only one to ever divide opinions on that proud avenue. The Parkway is home to priceless collections…

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