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		<title>Church Planting Part 4: Great Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journey for me over the last few months in particular in the realm of church planting has been a stretch.  I am a basic small groups/Sunday School kind of guy.  I have a huge amount of respect and appreciation for the pastors and families who boldly step out to create and begin church body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Part 3: Bylaws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Godly Passion.  Excitement.  Pioneering spirit.  When church planting is considered and even launched, these are common responses.  There is a zeal and a robust attitude when some large work is being considered.  But as I have learned, and had affirmed at a recent church plant conference, that energy and momentum will not take you far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Part 2: Mark IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, one of the reasons I have this site is to point to resources I have found.  My prayer is that there are others on the same journey, and I certainly appreciate learning from others where the trails are.  One slightly hard to find trail relates to church planting, that is healthy church planting. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lord continues to bless and stretch the work at my home church.  One of the ways is through opportunities to see new churches begin.  This is a new venture for me; not in understanding the passion and vision, but more so the practical plan help a church plant launch.  This is beyond mere financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountability for Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resource for men's integrity.]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Communication]]></category>
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		<title>Brooklyn Tabernacle/Redeemer Presbyterian Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City is great. Fun town to visit. There is so much to see and do that actually doesn&#8217;t cost a cent! On a recent trip, part of the thrill was attending some churches that are certainly on target, Brooklyn Tabernacle, led by Pastor Jim Cymbala, and Redeemer Presbyterian, led by Pastor Tim Keller. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful, engaging, preaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past month, I had the opportunity to attend the Pastor&#8217;s conference connected with our Baptist State Convention. One of the preachers was the dynamic Calvin Miller. He proclaimed (and modeled) the art of powerful Preaching/Teaching. He gripped us from the beginning of his lesson with purposeful anecdotes that spoke to the joys and potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas wish list?  Doug Baker Recommends:</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the Oklahoma Baptist Ministers of Education Association met for our annual banquet in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Our special guest speaker at this dinner was the new editor of Oklahoma&#8217;s third largest publication, The Baptist Messenger, Doug Baker. In his stirring and impassioned address, Doug encouraged us as Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 reasons to attend a conference/clinic:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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