Archive for September 2016
3 Great Reasons To Read “Small Town Mission” By Aaron Morrow – Donnie Griggs
Aaron Morrow, the author of Small Town Mission, and I had an interesting start to our friendship. If you compare the titles and covers of our two books, you will notice a ton of similarity. Truthfully, we only found out about each other’s books after our respective books were out. Additionally, we both found out about each…
Read MoreFour Ways To Make Your Church Marquee Matter – Donnie Griggs
Ed Stetzer’s blog on Christianity Today’s website is often filled with photos of marquees with bizarre attempts by churches at being relevant or catchy. You can Google search, “funny church signs” and waste hours laughing at other people’s mistakes, or crying because your church marquee is one of the ones highlighted. Here’s the thing: all of those marquees are…
Read MoreGet out of the Coffee Shop and Into the Duck Blind – Donnie Griggs
I spent the first few years of our church plant in my small town trying to meet with people the same way I did when I was on staff at a church in urban/suburban Southern California. I scheduled meetings at coffee shops and at the church office. I met with people weekly for months and…
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