Category: Church Development
Church Development in the Pacific Northwest
April 18, 2017
JOHN KIMBALL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH DEVELOPMENT The CCCC Church Development team recently held a training event in the Pacific Northwest led by John Kimball and Rich Cook. The event, focusing on church leader development, was hosted by Community Congregational Church in beautiful Thompson Falls, Montana. Attending were representatives from three of our churches in the […]
Heaven and Hell
November 15, 2016
JOHN KIMBALL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH DEVELOPMENT A few years back I read an article citing reasons why the American Church no longer preaches consistently about heaven and hell. It was an interesting article, but it bothered me on many levels. First of all, every single reason listed was the result of popular [rather than Biblical] […]
God Really Does Speak
October 17, 2016
JOHN KIMBALL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH DEVELOPMENT The year was 1993. I had been in my new pastorate for about a year when a friend introduced me to a Bible study that was growing with explosive popularity — Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God. Over the next 5 years I had […]
We Can’t Mess it Up!
September 16, 2016
JOHN KIMBALL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH DEVELOPMENT Working with people as a pastor, a church planter, and with churches in the developmental work of revitalization, there always seems to be some angst when it comes to witnessing and evangelism. We have an awesome Partner in the work (the Holy Spirit), but there is a human element […]