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Our First Church Planter on the 200churches Podcast!

2/4/2014

 
This week on Wednesday's podcast, Episode 56, we have Brandon Cox, a church planter in Arkansas.  In one part of our conversation, he talks about how he was doing too many things at once, answering to too many people, and how his life had become unmanageable. 
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That reminds me of what Dave Jacobs was saying recently about pastors scheduling a 35 hour work week, which reminds me that the next six months of my life will be given to breathing and finishing my Master’s Program, which reminds me how Jonny and I have recommitted ourselves to prayer as the main power of our ministry, which reminds me that Jesus is the one who grows the church, which reminds me I have to put the finishing touches on the agenda for our Elder’s meeting in two days, which finally reminds that no, I am not A.D.D.!

Many of us hyper-relational, attention deficient pastors will be calmed and encouraged just to listen to Brandon talk. He has a very easy way about him that brings ease and peace to your soul. He talks about learning to focus strongly on just a few things, to bring his life back into balance.

What? Who is Brandon Cox, you ask? Glad you asked! He is the pastor/church planter of Grace Hills Church in Bentonville, Arkansas. He also oversees the content and online community at Pastors.com and Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. Those are his two major roles, and with Grace Hills, he is the pastor of a 200church.

Brandon is going to talk with us about his roles, challenges, church plant/community, and the need to balance life and ministry. It’s much harder to be a pastor in 2014 America than it was in 1975 America. With the rise of technology and the Internet, with social media, the number of things we have to consider, read, think about, and remember is breathtaking! Which reminds me of Brandon’s new book, which we’ll talk about on Wednesday.

Funny thing, most authors do a book tour announcing their book. I “booked” Brandon on the podcast a number of weeks ago, and it was not until the end of the conversation that he mentioned he even had authored a book – we almost had to beat the information out of him. We sensed that Brandon is quite a humble person. You will enjoy him on the podcast.



Brandon also talks about the challenges of church planting in a multicultural setting, and how his church is doing after two years.

So how are you doing Pastor? The big game is over, you’ve got the Superbowl hangover, hopefully your team won, your evening service or small group will return to its normal time period next Sunday, your church is still small, and you’re still the pastor! The people, whether they number 50, 100, or 300 have all decided to make your church their church, and you their pastor.

Jonny and I hope that you are doing well. If you are subscribed to our blog we might already have you on our radar. Little by little we are identifying each of our subscribers, connecting you with your church, and getting to know you. It may take a little while, but you should get an email from one of us. If you get a minute, email us first and tell us about you and your ministry.

We are excited about Wednesday, to share the podcast with you, and to encourage and affirm you as a 200church pastor! We ask one thing of you in the next two days… love your spouse and children – and then… LOVE YOUR PEOPLE.

Barak link
2/3/2014 12:22:10 am

How ironic. I interview Brandon today for a future episode of Water For Shepherds. Keep up the good work.

Jared Hughes link
2/3/2014 12:22:50 am

I met brandon at a conference a couple of years ago and we actually shared a table for lunch. Really great guy and enjoyed meeting him...


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