Bryan Barley is a contributor to Baptist21 and the lead pastor of The Summit Church Denver, a new church plant in urban Denver, CO. He and his wife, Megan, have lived in the city now for two months. Almost two months ago my wife and I, along with several other individuals from the Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, NC, were commissioned …
P2P: Discerning the Call (part 3) – Our Calling to a City
Make sure to check out the rest of this series: “Preparing2Plant” and check out the Denver2011 Site Before I begin this post I’d like to continue the habit of recommending a few resources that are related to church planting: Aaron Coe, The Role of the Sending Church in Church Planting Aaron Coe, Assessment of Church Planters Makes all the Difference …
P2P: Discerning the Call (part 2b) – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church)
Make sure to check out the other posts in this series on Preparing2Plant Churches Part 2a of this blog: Discerning the Call – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church) 2. A “Receiving” Church/es Church planters, especially those who “parachute” from the outside, have a reputation for disrespecting the already-established churches in the area. We can easily view ourselves …
P2P: Discerning the Call (part 2a) – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church)
Planning2Plant (P2P) is a series by Bryan Barley following his year of preparation for church planting. While the first post dealt with the individual call, this post examines my calling to a particular “method.” My team’s methodology is to do everything we possibly can through the local church. I struggled whether to make this the first post in the calling …
P2P: Discerning the Call (part 1) – Am I called?
Planning2Plant (P2P) is a series by Bryan Barley following his year of preparation for church planting. My guess is there are a number reading this right now who are attempting to discern the call to plant. Especially for you who may be in seminary, where anything from a PhD to being a missionary to an unreached people group are viable …
Preparing to Plant: An Introduction
Preparing to Plant (P2P) is a new series by Baptist21 contributor, Bryan Barley. The series follows his year of preparation to begin planting a church in urban Denver, CO in early 2011. The series strives to offer a unique look into church planting, providing a glimpse into the life of a planter well before an actual “launch” is in view. …
Advance the Church
Baptist21 wants to bring to our readers’ attention the upcoming Advance the Church regional in Raleigh-Durham, NC on February 4th. The event is free and speakers include David Platt from The Church at Brook Hills (Birmingham, AL), Tyler Jones from Vintage21 Church (Raleigh, NC), and Matt Chandler* from The Village Church (Dallas, TX). To register for this free event, click …
Killing the Fuzzy Gospel – Moving Forward (Pt. 2)
My previous post dealt with the need for our churches to kill the “fuzzy gospel” – the imprecise understanding of Christ’s work on the cross being meant only to save the sinner rather than sanctify the saved as well. Here are five practical ways that I believe we can kill the “fuzzy gospel” in our ministries: Look in the Mirror …
Killing the Fuzzy Gospel – We’ve Got a Problem (Pt. 1)
For a B21 explanation of what the Gospel is, see Jon Akin’s post here. Every problem that we face in our churches is a manifestation of an inadequate understanding and practice of the gospel. Giving problems? You’ve got a gospel problem. Can’t get enough people to sign up for that short term mission trip? Gospel problem. Apathy toward your community? …
Journey of an Unlikely Southern Baptist
This is the first post of the newest Baptist21 contributor, Bryan Barley. Bio: Bryan Barley is Director of Evangelism at Promised Land Community Church in Creedmoor, NC. He has a BA in History from the University of South Carolina, where he also met his wife, Megan. They live in Wake Forest, NC where Bryan is pursuing a Masters of Divinity …