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This article is a continuation of our series on Pastor Appreciation Month. To read the previous article, click here. For our second installment of inspirational ideas for Pastor Appreciation Month, grab your plane, train, or cruise ticket because we’re headed out “on the road!” If you had the idea of sending your pastor on a…
How are you preparing your students to be missional this new school year? During my first two years in student ministry, I made tons of mistakes, but one of those mistakes resulted in students having an unintended skewed perception toward evangelism. Every summer our church would send students to a little church in Ensenada, Mexico…
October is Pastor Appreciation Month! Over the next five weeks, we will be sharing some thoughtful ideas to help inspire unique and special ways to show love for the pastors in our lives! These ideas come by way of CSBC pastors and leaders (past and present) whom we have interviewed as they share times when…
Over the course of one year, my husband and I welcomed our first baby, adopted two children from Ukraine, and moved from Kentucky to South Carolina to plant a church. So after years of infertility, we suddenly had a 6-year-old girl, a 4-year-old boy, an infant, and a new church plant to nurture! It would…
When I planted Solid Rock Church ten years ago in Claremont, California, the last thing on my mind was rest. Like many church planters, I was young, energetic, and driven. I was 23 years old and unmarried. I had heard a lot of stories about what it would take to start a local church, what…
Hello! I’m A.S. Westbrook, the firstborn daughter of James and Desiree Westbrook of Realm Church in Oakland, CA. From me and my brother’s perspective, I want to share with you five feelings that your child/teen might be experiencing when preparing to plant a church. I hope this will be helpful to you as you consider…
I’ve spent the last 24 years serving a church in San Jacinto, California’s big, bad, beautiful city. Our church is nestled between the twin cities of Riverside and Palm Springs, resting at the base of Mount San Jacinto, which houses the City of Idyllwild, CA, at 5300 feet. But that doesn’t sound exciting or missionally…
In the ever-changing landscape of today’s modern world, the significance of churches and their role in communities cannot be underestimated. Urban centers are continuing to expand, and the suburbs have emerged as vital hubs of growth and development. As families flock to the suburbs, “one of the best ways to reach young families is to…
As a Church Planter’s wife, who grew up in a major metropolitan area in Southern California and who also Co-Founded and co-planted a Gospel-centered Church in the San Francisco Bay Area, we believed early on that when God sends, He sends entirely. And with that, we have discovered a great need to discern and protect…
I have lived in Santa Cruz, Orange, and San Diego Counties – all quintessentially Californian. However, my recent move to Los Angeles County has prompted me to reevaluate cultural context as it relates to evangelism. As a result, I have identified three specific contexts that will directly inform how we point the people in our…