church as abbey
Our house sits on Main Street across from the Carter's #3 store. I have found Carter's #2 (it's in Gretna), but I'm still looking for Carter's #1. But, back to my point. Next to Carter's #3, reposes Scott&
church as abbey
A long time ago, before Al Gore invented the internet, small churches were thought to be, well, small. Which really meant that small churches suffered from -- * Lack of resources. * Limited reach. * Low quality. * Little impact. * Less appeal. The Five Deadly L's, I call them. But no more.
Community
The ancient Celtic Christian abbeys produced beautiful illuminated manuscripts, the most notable being The Book of Kells. In his book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill credits Irish monasteries with rescuing ancient texts, recopying them, and then taking them back to Europe to replace the texts burned during the
Community
You might have noticed 3 new page tabs at the top of Confessions of A Small-Church Pastor. I've added About Our Church , Sermons, etc, and The Abbey Church as permanent pages. * About Our Church is the story of what we're doing here at Chatham Baptist Church,
Community
Here are the latest photos of the community center we're building on Main Street in Chatham. I founded a non-profit, Chatham Cares, in 2005. In 2006 we received a $3-million grant to construct a community center for the entire county. This is the only recreation facility in our