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Sometimes the best lessons are the ones that we learn from kids.  Watch this short video to be inspired.

Stadia invests heavily into our pre-launch planters, knowing that well-equipped planters start more effective churches. So with Exponential Conference being THE event for church planting leaders, we made sure our new planters had this event as a top priority on their...

Q: “What would be different in your life if you decided not to plant a church? If you would have stayed in an established church?” A: “We would be comfortable. But church planting stretches you. It chisels at you and makes you more like Jesus. You are doing something...

Last week, I blogged about a recent article that my friend Eddie Lowen wrote for Christian Standard Magazine regarding our group, The Stinklings.  Today, at 4:00 EST, the four of us will be speaking with Mark Taylor from Christian Standard on blogtalkradio.  You can...

For the past 10 years, one vital key to my leadership has been The Stinklings.  Three close friends (Ben Cachiaras, senior pastor with Mountain Christian Church; Tim Harlow, senior pastor with Parkview Christian Church and Eddie Lowen, lead minister with Westside...

This past weekend at Rivertree Christian Church, I had the privilege to be interviewed with Compassion International President Jimmy Mellado. During that interview, Jimmy said, "God was training me to believe in the ridiculous." Together, we shared the vision of the...

This past Tuesday evening, I had the privilege of interviewing my friends Omar Lopez, Larry Neville and Javier Solis at the 2015 Expo West Stadia Banquet.  Considering 22% (16 million) of all U.S. children under age 18 are Hispanic (1 in 5 children in the United...

Last night, I had the opportunity to share dinner with leaders celebrating 5 and 10 year anniversaries of their church's launch and with future church planters.  My favorite part of the evening came when the leaders celebrating their anniversaries poured wisdom into...

Over 53 million people of Hispanic descent live in the United States. Two-thirds of all Latinos living in the U.S. were born in the United States. Of those, 96% speak primarily English, with more than 60% speaking only English. 22% (16 million) of all U.S. children...