Celebration is Vital 

by | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  In 2014 Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, made it a point to write one thank you note each day. Douglas Conant the former CEO of Campbell’s Soup wrote at least 30,000 thank-you notes to employees over the...

Traits of a Church Planter

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  The desire to plant a church is not the same as a call to plant. Before we release people to start churches, we need to honestly evaluate their readiness to do so.  I encourage anyone who is seeking to plant to go through an...

Good for Both

by | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  As I write this, I am in France teaching church planters. In this country, like in most of Europe, there is a great need for new churches. Surveys show that somewhere between 2% and 10% of the population have a relationship with...

The Making of a Pastor

by | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  Joel Comiskey has helped the Church understand that cell leadership is not a gift-based ministry; it is a maturity-based ministry. That is, leading a cell does not require a certain set of spiritual gifts; it requires spiritual...

Hearing Aids

by | Oct 9, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  Talking with a friend and fellow pastor over dinner, I asked him how he heard God’s call to give his life to ministry. He told me that he was a senior in college planning on being a dentist when a young pastor at this church...