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An Unusual Church Planting Journey

Posted on June 9, 2017August 2, 2021 by ptsblog

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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Sustaining a Church Plant Vision through Unlikely Partnerships

Posted on May 5, 2017January 28, 2021 by ptsblog

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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The Parables of Church

Posted on February 14, 2017January 28, 2021 by ptsblog

In the church planting program we talk about theory. The Church Planting Initiative cohort at Pittsburgh Seminary was recently discussing liturgy and the fact that it forms us. We were naming the ways people respond unexpectedly and how people handle being in community with those who are different from them. We talked a lot about the work…

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