Leadership

I wanted to let everyone know that my SOAP Connection Group is meeting this Saturday @ 8:30 am @ Panera on US 41 in the Best Buy Plaza in Fort Myers. If you’ve never SOAPed before, then this is the time for you! It’s so cool and casual and yet God is so real and…

So I got this idea while on the phone last week with one of our Church Planters that we trained at R9 last November. We’re calling it: The Benjamin Revolution Here’s the deal: He needs to raise $15,000 cash by his launch day on Easter Sunday, April 12th, which is like 3 weeks away! So…

I can’t even begin to tell you how God is showing up at NLC recently.  What an amazing thing to see Jesus taking us to a deeper place in Him then we’ve ever been before. In addition, God is giving us unprecedented opportunities as a church to impact: Our Neighborhoods. I am pumped that we…

In an effort to impact the hurting and needy of Southwest Florida, Next Level Church is launching a campaign called, FeedingFortMyers.com.  The goal is simple:  Enlist 100 neighborhoods to throw 100 parties in 1 day to raise 10,000 cans for our local Soup Kitchen. If you haven’t signed up your party and gotten your “Official…

There is one aspect of our economy that makes me excited these days.  The turn toward Wise Stewardship and Simplicity. Dave Ramsey said, “In an UP economy, my principles seem weird.  But in a DOWN economy, my principles seem wise.” I am so excited that our nation is swinging back toward Wise Stewardship and Simplicity…

I had a chance to spend 45 minutes on the phone with one of our missionaries, Luke Walters, last week.  God is using this guy in a huge way in the nation of Sri Lanka and in the 10/40 window, which is where the greatest number of “unreached” people in the world live. Over the…

For about a week or so now, I have had this strong sense that we are in a Unique Season as a church.  If you were in either of our services yesterday, March 1st, then you know what I’m talking about.  If not, you can catch it on Video at www.Nextlevelchurch.com/video or go to iTunes…

So I was SOAPing this morning and couldn’t help but share this with all of you.  I am loving studying the Bible for myself in the Message Translation of the Bible.  It’s coming alive.  If you have never been able to read the Bible and apply it to your life, or if are in ministry…

I am just getting back into my world this morning, which means catching up on e-mails, and all things in the Next Level Church world. Over the past 5 days of traveling my heart has been encouraged, stretched, renewed, emptied and filled. In Kansas City, we were able to pour into some amazing Church planters…