Category: Impact Leaders

In May 2012, I journeyed to Israel & Egypt for two weeks on a study tour with ADC. I was deeply impacted by the deserts I saw and journeyed through, especially the Judean Wilderness and the Sinai Desert. The vastness and barrenness spoke to my… Read More »

When I was a seminary student I heard of struggles that some of my friends (who had graduated a year or so ahead of me) were already experiencing as they served as associate pastors. At that time, it seemed to me that their biggest challenge… Read More »

65 new churches. Amalgamation. Fresh Expressions. Satellites. Church Plants. When I first saw this in the new senior staff proposal I thought what a bold, exciting challenge for us as a people of God to recapture our church planting DNA. That was long before I… Read More »

When I was in High school my vice-principal was an AUBA Baptist minister, Dr. Willard Clayton. He gave me a verse one day that has continued to inhabit my soul: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry… Read More »

In every great crisis, the human heart demands a leader that incarnates its ideas, its emotions and its aims.  Till such a leader appears, everything is disorder, disaster and defeat. (From a New York Times editorial a week after the fall of Fort Sumter, triggering… Read More »

CABC is finally joining the world of blogging! This is just another way to engage our churches, pastors, leaders and communities in the missional conversation. The name of the blog is “fusi3on” but you’ll quickly notice a bit of a twist on the name incorporating… Read More »

I am thrilled to introduce you to fusi3on, a new blog we are launching to stimulate discussion and engagement around what we see as our mandate as a Convention family. fusi3on captures the spirit of who we are and what we want to be about… Read More »