How Am I Leading?

by | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized

By Bill Mellinger The Lord has used Tom Mercer at High Desert Church in Victorville, CA to build a mega church on the simple focus of people being a world changer by reaching their Oikos for Christ. The Oikos is that group of ten to fifteen people whom you connect...

I Must Say No

by | Apr 14, 2015 | Uncategorized

By Bill Mellinger Joshua 1:7 NIV – “7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.” In an earlier blog,...

Failures: Ministry and Personal

by | Mar 29, 2015 | Uncategorized

By Bill Mellinger We are a church in transition, still working to become a relational church that is sold out for Jesus. The failures that concern me most are the ones that I have not recognized. In the beginning of this transition, I wanted to move much faster....

Principles More Than Methods

by | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

By Bill Mellinger Jesus stood on a mountaintop preparing to leave his disciples after three years of life changing ministry with them. He looks them in the eye one last time. Even as they stand there with Him, some cannot believe their eyes. In this last and most...

Equipping or Hiring, Is One Better?

by | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church, https://www.crestlinefbc.com/ One of my most important responsibilities as a pastor is to equip God’s people for the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:12). Some of my most rewarding ministry experiences have come from...