Articles for tag: Niwot Colorado

July 8, 2014

By Alan Ahlgrim (From our series “The Best or Worst Advice I’ve Ever Received.”) One of my favorite elders is the source of both the best and worst advice I can think of. Just after we occupied our new building, with a huge debt, and just before a Sunday service, Norm said, “This church is just two bad sermons away from disaster!” That was the worst. The best came from the same man a few years later when we were celebrating our 10th anniversary. He delivered the heartfelt and encouraging reminder, “God”s vision for this church has always been bigger

August 30, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Growth

The Multisite Movement: Success Stories

by Darrel Rowland The couple had a simple question: How much does it cost to join the church? That”s when the leaders of Rocky Mountain Christian Church (www.rmcc.org) knew they were hitting their target audience of unchurched people with their first multisite campus. “They said, “˜Don”t you have to pay a membership fee? Do you have to buy tickets? We”ve never been in church before,”” recalls Rick Thielen, who helped launch the new 30-acre site about 17 miles east of Rocky Mountain”s home campus in Niwot, Colorado. “When you start getting those kinds of questions, you”re starting to get

February 14, 2007

Brad Dupray

Organizations & Events Conferences & Gatherings

2007 North American Christian Convention

Interview with Alan Ahlgrim

Alan Ahlgrim shares how God led him into preaching and church planting, reflects on the growth of Rocky Mountain Christian Church, and explains what he hopes the 2007 North American Christian Convention will spark across the fellowship.

May 14, 2006

Linda Ahlgrim

Church & Ministry Youth & Children's Ministry

3 WOMEN IN MINISTRY: ‘I Couldn’t Be More Thrilled’

Linda Ahlgrim reflects on stepping into an “interim” children’s ministry director role, serving on the same church staff as her husband, and persevering through the constant pressure of recruiting volunteers—while finding deep joy in shaping young lives.