Church Plant Archives - Refuge.Church https://refuge.church/category/church-plant/ Open and Affirming Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:05:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://refuge.church/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/title-image.png Church Plant Archives - Refuge.Church https://refuge.church/category/church-plant/ 32 32 244110223 Gatherings https://refuge.church/2016/09/06/refuge-gatherings/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:04:45 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=99 The first thing people knew about Christians is that they gathered together.  At the beginning of each week they gathered, Jew and Gentile, old and young, rich and poor, all walks of life gathered together and devoted themselves to the apostles teachings, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  Refuge.Church is committed to […]

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]]> 99 Together https://refuge.church/2016/09/02/community-together/ Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:50:36 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=561  And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.  (Acts 2: 42 ESV) This scripture in Acts is referring to early believers.  The early believers were devoted to each other and to fellowship.  The new believers weren’t devoted to an anonymous one-hour service each Sunday […]

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]]> 561 Dear Church https://refuge.church/2016/02/03/dear-church/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:58:36 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=678 In thinking about planting a church, we’ve been reading everything we can get our hands on related to the subject.  For both Karen and myself, this little section entitled Dear Church from Jen Hatmaker’s book For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards  hits the nail on the head.  We hope you enjoy, […]

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]]> 678 Here’s to the Crazy Ones https://refuge.church/2016/02/02/heres-to-the-crazy-ones/ Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:32:43 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=652 I’m a marketing guy at heart.  I love a good ad campaign.  In my humble opinion, the best ad campaign of the modern era has to be Apple’s “Here’s to the Crazy Ones“.  It was simply brilliant.  Even today people still think of Apple (one of the largest corporations in the world) as a small start up […]

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]]> 652 Original Vision of Refuge.Church https://refuge.church/2016/01/20/the-vision-at-least-today/ Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:40:20 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=106 Being new and small, and with no preconceived notions, debt, or people to upset by change, we can be free to re-think how church is done.  This does not negate the work being done within other local congregations, simply another outlet for those who can not find a home within those bodies, or who haven’t […]

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]]> 106 What the What? https://refuge.church/2016/01/09/what-the-what/ Sat, 09 Jan 2016 16:18:18 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=403 If you’re on this website, it’s probably because you heard about a small group of us planting a new church here in Fort Myers.  And most people who know me (Brian) are likely saying “what the what”? I was the guy who grew up mormon.  I was the guy in college who left all organized religion behind. […]

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]]> 403 Refuge and Strength https://refuge.church/2016/01/07/my-refuge-and-strength/ Thu, 07 Jan 2016 15:05:32 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=95 The name REFUGE comes from our commitment to be a church that provides a community and shelter for the spiritually and emotionally broken, which happens to be … ALL OF US We’re all messed up much more than we think, and yet God is so much more of a refuge than we could ever imagine.  We believe […]

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]]> 95 Why Another Church in Fort Myers? https://refuge.church/2016/01/05/why-another-church-in-fort-myers/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:56:44 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=26 Drive down Cypress Lakes Drive or McGregor Blvd in Fort Myers, and no doubt you will pass by no less than 50 Christian Churches.  Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian, Non-Denominationals; they are all represented.  So why go through the effort of planting another church in what would appear to be an already saturated area? The planting […]

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]]> 26 What is a Church Refugee? https://refuge.church/2016/01/03/a-community-of-refugees/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:06:05 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=103 Community.  Fellowship.  Body.  Movement.  Gathering.  Alliance.  Society.  Union.  Fraternity.  Village.  Club.  Mob.  Clique.  Team.  Congregation.  Association.  Gang.  Ensemble.  Collection.  Family.   I could come up with a pretty long list of words that have been used (and abused) over the years to describe church.  The fact is that Christianity isn’t meant to simply be believed; […]

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]]> 103 Start a Movement in Under 3-Minutes https://refuge.church/2016/01/02/start-a-movement-in-under-3-minutes/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:06:37 +0000 https://refugechurcdev.wpengine.com/?p=576 Is there a hole?  A yearning in your soul that you can’t quite pinpoint?   Perhaps that yearning is for something deeper, more meaningful, and more connected to God.  You are not alone in that search.  I have felt that yearning, and over and over again I hear others searching for it. But, what is […]

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