Articles for tag: Steve Larson

November 24, 2012

THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FIVE “STICKY CONVERSATIONS” By Steve Larson We want to believe this is someone else”s problem. We want to believe that ministry professionals are above entanglement in this sin. But statistics tell us, and my experience affirms this: pornography is present even in the church, but thoseÂ enmeshed in it can be helped. A little over 15 years ago, I left the marketplace in Michigan and planted a church in Cary, North Carolina. Crosspointe Church began in the fall of 1997. Having been involved in a family business for a number of years,

July 12, 2012

Christian Standard

Miscellaneous

Discussions Just Begun

By Mark A. Taylor “Wherever two or three are gathered together . . . someone’s wrong!” That was one of a hundred one-liners Chonda Pierce delivered during her alternately hilarious and heart-touching monologue during the Thursday-night evening session at the North American Christian Convention in Orlando, July 12. Chonda hadn’t attended two special seminars I heard earlier that day. But each of them contained questions and ideas that at least someone in the church would call wrong. This is one more thing good about this year’s North American Christian Convention. It stretched us by challenging us with ideas we may

December 19, 2007

Christian Standard

Christian Living Work & Vocation

Interview with Ron Scott

By Brad Dupray In the midst of a successful career in sales management for a large, national company, Ron Scott”s boss confronted him. He said, “Ron, one of these days you”re going to have to choose between your job and your religion.” Six months later, Ron quit his job and registered for an accelerated ministry training program at Great Lakes Christian College, entering the ministry at age 37. After six years with Go Ye Chapel Mission in New York and 22 years as executive director of New Churches of Christ Evangelism (NCCE) in Michigan, Ron has settled into his role

January 3, 2007

Brad Dupray

Culture & Public Square Technology

Interview with Mark Kitts

Mark Kitts explains how planting Crosspointe Church led him to build People Driven Software (PDS), and why better reporting and online interaction can help churches align systems with mission.