Category Archives: Church Business
My Resume
I’m NOT looking for a job, but had to craft a resume for Chase bank who possibly could give the church a loan. Here is what I came up with…
PromiseLand is not the church for you if…
Most churches are telling everyone how perfect they are for everyone. I have seen in the last seven years that PromiseLand San Marcos is not for everyone. I’ve seen people pick churches based on 3 categories:
- Culture– What is the style of worship and ministry?
- Doctrine – Do I believe what the church believes? Am I open in the disagreeable areas (is it negotiable)?
- Relationships – Do I have meaning friendships with people in the church?
We have had almost 2000 people join our church in the last 7 years and a little over 1000 have stayed. Some people died, some moved, some lost the faith, and some left our church based on the criteria above. We have not studied why people left scientifically. Therefore, I don’t have percentages on how many are in each category.
Recently, I started a list of why people would not like PromiseLand. Maybe this will scare people off. Maybe it will draw people in. Either way, it is reality. We are not running a corporation that needs to worry about PR. We are also not interested in bait and switch. We try to put our best foot forward and believe we are a healthy church.
PromiseLand San Marcos is not the church for you if…
2010 List
Monday, a couple of the guys on our staff and I started listing all the blessings, miracles, projects, landmarks, etc at PromiseLand San Marcos in 2010. Here is a graphic of that list. Did we leave anything out? I will be discussing this material in our new sermon mini-series called THANK GOD. It starts this week.
Church in Africa Needs Help
Some of you know we sent a van over to our sister church in Nigeria. Well, we just sent $3000 to install a roof on their building. Here are some pictures of the structure that they built with money we sent them last year. They have been having church in this structure (in rain or blazing sun).
It is our honor and privilege to support them anyway we can. Lord, forgive us for not acting sooner. We are spoiled rotten in the USA…
Sex Drive
This Sunday Erica and I will be talking about sex at our church. While at a coffee shop this morning studying, I received a call from Pastor Randy Phillips. After I told him this weeks topic, he said, “what?!”. I asked him if he had any “advice”.
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Robin Steele 