@RTSCharlotte Launches New Center for Church Planting
Last night, RTS Charlotte hosted a special event that formally launched our new Center for Church Planting (CCP).
The new center will include a MDiv emphasis in church planting along with a host of other types of specialized training for church planters. The church planting students will benefit from church planting conferences and lectures, mentoring from experienced church planters, internship opportunities in local church plants, and a church planters fellowship were students can grow and learn in a tight-knit community.
To my knowledge, this is the only program of its kind at a Reformed seminary in the United States.… Continue reading...
The Key Element of Successful Fishing (for Fish or Men): Optimism
I just recently returned from a vacation at the beach here in North Carolina (which explains my long blog silence). One of the most enjoyable aspects of the trip was getting an opportunity to go fishing almost every day. We fished from the boat, from shore, from docks, and basically from anywhere we could reach water. As I have reflected on this week of fishing, I was reminded again of Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus not only calls his disciples while they are fishing, but describes their future ministries as one that will be filled with fishing—fishing for men. And the parallels between evangelism and fishing have been well-noted over the … Continue reading...