@jonroach89 Jon, I’m not judging your motives - im evaluating your words - give your resume to the twitter world - and dismiss my comments by attacking me - nothing but grace for you and glad that you agree that Christians are to be generous -
@jonroach89 Is giving expected from a fully surrendered disciple? “Noble” is not the word faithful stewards are called in the Bible - feel free to criticize from the stands but is it possible that you are losing your lucidity in an effort to be affirmed -
Nope. Darren, please don’t continue to set yourself up as the expert on all things LP. You can have your opinion and perspective - but you have no inside access to the relationship referred to here. What you clearly do have is a bent attitude because the Board does not do what you think they should do…so you attack with innuedo. Expert on disgruntlement, yes.
The person who captured the info and all these knowledgeable folks commenting didn’t mention that 8.5 million is our Missions Budget per year x2 = 17 million plus the More than Us Center which will be fully devoted to External Community Missions, ESL, Food Pantry, Clothes Closet, Job Training…that is another 10 million plus the other projects (Bible Translation, Prison)….28 million in two years going to Missions.
Scott, probably hard for you to know this but @lpconnect birthed a church planting network @Stratlaunchnet that has planted close to 100 churches over the last 20 years. It’s the biggest single mission cause in our budget…focus is on planting strong, multiplying churches in hard to reach cities…our multi-site strategy is focused in and around Dallas. In short, we are trying to do more of both.
We are looking to hire an Executive Pastor of Ministry for Ironwood Church who is a:
Leadership Builder: Naturally develops leaders and raises the level of everyone around them.
Strategic Executor: Able to create clarity, alignment, accountability, and momentum without becoming rigid, corporate, or process-heavy.
Courageous Communicator: He does not avoid hard, leadership moments.
Relational Developer: Brings warmth, relational awareness, and emotional intelligence into leadership environments.
Ministry Architect: Able to see organizational gaps, staffing needs, leadership weaknesses, and future ministry challenges before they become major problems.
If you're interested in this — or know somebody who would be a good fit, let me know.
@jt_english So good @jt_english Maybe the true gift is that, in the work of creating and building, we’re also being spiritually formed by that work in ways far deeper than the result of the work itself.