by Steve Cordle | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church If we want to make disciples of Jesus, it makes sense to make disciples the way Jesus did. That is, through relationship. Mark 3:14-15 tells us that “[Jesus] appointed twelvethat they might be with him and that he might send them out...
by Steve Cordle | Sep 12, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ In a recent podcast, respected church consultant and national leader, Thom Rainer, said that 99% of churches in America are smaller than they were pre-Covid. That is, fewer people are attending weekend worship. The larger the...
by Steve Cordle | Sep 6, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ When the pandemic broke out in March 2020, we encouraged the groups of our church to meet online via zoom. And they did. We started more groups than ever during the shutdown (There was no competition for people’s time!) Though I was...
by Steve Cordle | Aug 16, 2022 | Prioritizing the Inner Circle, Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ The church is a network of relationships – a family. The Apostle Paul wrote that an overseer needs to manage his own family well (1 Timothy 3:4) A healthy marriage is the foundation for a healthy family. A pastor’s marriage is...
by Steve Cordle | Aug 10, 2022 | Prioritizing the Inner Circle, Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ As a young pastor, one of my greatest struggles was trying to find the right balance between time spent in ministry and time spent with my family. At one point we had 3 preschool boys (2 in diapers.) We were serving in a rural...
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