A Journey Through

Happy New Years 2012!!! May you have a safe and blessed year. Monday we will get back to our “Going Deeper” In His Grip,Pastor J

You Worship Your Past Success! It’s easy to get caught in the trap when you stop seeing yourself as responsible or accountable for the ministry results you produce. I read a fascinating article from Forbes about how General Motors destroyed its Saturn division. Among other things, David Hanna, the author of the article, suggested:Saturn, a … More ~Going Deeper~ Part 5

Your Structure Inhibits Growth! It’s easy to get caught in the trap when your organizational structure and internal processes haven’t evolved and are largely the same as they were three or five years ago. Or sometimes you get stuck when your internal processes are too confusing to navigate and stifle new ideas rather than spur … More ~Going Deeper~ Part 4

You Blame Outsiders and External FactorsWe live in a culture where no one is responsible for anything that happens to them. If you don’t believe me, invest a couple of hours watching one of the multitude of judge shows on television.It’s amazing that people instigate litigation as a result of something that happened because of … More ~Going Deeper~ Part 3

You Are Unclear About Your Vision and MissionA church without a clearly articulated vision is a church that’s in danger. Vision is to the church what headlights are to a car in the dark. You can’t go very far very safely without them. The funny thing is there are lots of churches with vision statements, … More ~Going Deeper~ Part 2

Over the next 8 days I want to go into a little more detail about the 8 reason churches get stuck. Aswe start to plan, pray and put down our visions and dreams for the next year I want to look into even deeper on the things that keep Chuches and ministries to the level … More ~Going Deeper~ Part 1

This is the time of year right between new years and after Christmas where people around the world and even in churches sit down for a week and do some goal planning for the next year. It’s very important to set these goals or “Wins” as I like to call it. for any ministry, church … More ~8 Reason Churches are stuck~

Merry Christmas from the Rogers 2011

Luke 2The Birth of Jesus 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.4 So Joseph also went up … More ~Luke 2~

Today is a day of much needed rest, prayer and time to spend with family and God. I am thankful for many things this year that God has given us. He has kept us safe and given us many blessings during the year. I was even able to pick up The Horse (aka my Truck) … More Day of Rest!