Where Are They Now? RTS Charlotte Alumnus Alex Mark
Over the last year or so, we have been working our way through a number of RTS Charlotte alumni in the Where Are They Now? series. For the complete series, see here.
In this installment, we interview Alex Mark (class of 2013). Alex embodies many values of RTS Charlotte, but we particularly appreciate his work in the area of church planting. Here at RTS Charlotte we believe that the church, the bride of Christ, is the best way to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Even more than this, Alex places a special emphasis on the preaching of the Word. If a church is going to … Continue reading...
Where Are They Now? RTS Charlotte Alumnus Joe Holland
Church planting is all the talk these days (particularly in my denomination, the PCA). And, in many ways, this is a good thing. However, with any good thing comes pitfalls and challenges.
One of those pitfalls is the near myopic focus of church planting in only large urban contexts. While we certainly need good churches in such settings, some advocates of urban church planting have come very close to suggesting it is the only kind of church planting that matters (for more, see my prior post “The Arrogance of the Urban“).
For this reason, we are highlighting RTS Charlotte alumnus Joe Holland (class of 2003) in this installment … Continue reading...
The Arrogance of the Urban
One of the perennial dangers of Christian ministry is to begin thinking that our particular ministry is the most important ministry and that everyone ought to be doing what we are doing. Much of this is understandable. After all, if we are passionate about the ministry to which God has called us, then we naturally begin to promote that ministry and place it at the forefront of our thinking. But, we too often forget that God’s plan for the Kingdom is much bigger than our little worlds. There are other ministries that matter too.
I have seen a particular example of this phenomenon in my denomination (the PCA) over the … Continue reading...