I read a similar blog by Steven Furtick from Elevation Church and thought I would borrow some of his thoughts on this subject as I believe this is something we all deal with, especially if you are a pastor of church leader. Meat, Milk and Malnourishment One of the greatest critiques of the American Church…

This is the first season of the men’s softball team at Oasis and just in the past week or so I have been asked to take over the coaching responsibilities. I love coaching. It’s what I do for a living! It’s my calling! Being a Sr. Pastor,  I am a life coach everyday! Coaching is…

I’ve been reading some good leadership books lately and I wanted to share one insight that I shared with my staff this morning. Deuteronomy 28:1, 15 1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all…

In Church Growth, there are lids at various numbers and levels. The 200 lid, the 500 lid, the 800 lid,  the 1000 lid, etc… I have often wondered about these lids and why they occur. Being that Oasis Church is around the 700-800 mark now I think I can see somewhat of a lid forming.…

There are several things on my mind this morning and some I wanted to share with you… First of all, the relief efforts for the tornado victims. We need all the supplies we can get or money to send to assist and do what we can to help the people in Central Alabama from these…

What a weekend at Oasis this past weekend! The 11:00 experience especially as the house was full and at least 21 people gave their lives to Jesus! I spoke a stand-alone message titled “EXTRAordinary” Our Creative Arts team did a heart-touching performance in both Experiences as well… It was a great weekend with Great attendance!!…

WOW! What a weekend at Oasis Church! Over 5000 people at the Easter Egg drop on Saturday in the largest event we have ever pulled off as a church! THANK YOU to all the volunteers that made it possible! Over 120 people in our church came together to pull this event off… AMAZING! Jason and…

I’m currently sitting in the hotel room just reflecting on some of the great things already happening at the ARC conference in Baton Rouge at Healing Place Church… So many confirmations on what The Lord is saying in these days to His Church! It is great being able to spend some personal time with the…

This Past Wednesday night, I challenged our mid-week crowd to take the “Thrive” Challenge starting Thursday, March 31 and lasting for 21 days… This challenge consists of a fast and daily disciplines that are outlined in the THRIVE booklet… see attached. Why? Why do this? Well… We are in a pivotal season as The Church.…

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