Month: March 2009

  • JESUS = LORD, PASTOR = TRIBAL LEADER

    The title of this blog might brand me as a heretic but please give me an opportunity to explain. Jesus is Lord. Jesus is to be worshiped. No doubt about it. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus is always there. People know Jesus. RELIGIOUS TRIBES AND JESUS TRIBES abound everywhere. Some tribes…

  • stuck churches

    Some churches are stuck and I’m not just talking about attendance or offerings.Stuck churches are BORING. It is amazing to see that a church that has the greatest news to offer is BORING. Ask around why people are not attending church. Here is the common answer: CHURCH IS BORING! Churches that embrace the status quo…

  • sunday rewind march 1, 2009

    – great Sunday!!!– church was packed!!!!– I want to honor all our volunteers (New Manila campus and Greenhills), you guys are doing a great job. We have seen an increase on volunteers for the past month and we haven’t even started our VOLUNTEER’S SUNDAY.– kids church was packed. services were packed. I am smelling a…

  • tribes

    I just finished a wonderful book by Seth Godin, “TRIBES, we need you to Lead us.” A powerful book that fascinated and reignited my passion to study culture being a graduate of Social Studies and Behavioral Sciences. Godin zeroed in that millions of tribes exist today but NO ONE IS LEADING THEM. Sounds like the…

  • fight it or fund it?

    We have been seeing tremendous growth in our Friday nights College Ministry event called, THRIBE! In light of the growth, I feel like expanding our ministry which means increased our budget for our college ministries. I had mixed advices from the people I talked with. Some of them said “Don’t invest too much, they are…