by Bill Farley | Aug 2, 2021 | Church Planting, Uncategorized
MY WIFE AND I, WITH FIVE OTHER COUPLES, planted a church in 2002. In the weeks before we began, two friends took me aside separately to admonish us. “Don’t we already have enough churches in Spokane? Do we really need more?” There are at least two reasons why... by Bill Farley | May 22, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel
“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” . (1 Corinthians 1:17) PAUL WROTE THESE WORDS TO A CHURCH HE PLANTED in Corinth. He is concerned. They have... by Bill Farley | Apr 18, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel
“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.”Haggai 1:8 WHEN HAGGAI WROTE THESE WORDS, the nation of Israel had returned from Babylonian exile. The temple was in ruins. They... by Bill Farley | Mar 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Just finished Darrin Patrick’s book, Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission. In three sections this book discusses the man who plants, his message,and his mission. The book is a general exhortation. If you are looking for specifics on how to church... by Bill Farley | Mar 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
It is not uncommon to hear people complain at the news of a church plant. “We don’t need new churches,” they say. But David T. Olson argues the opposite. In his book The American Church in Crisis: Groundbreaking Research Based on a National Database...