Granger Community Church is doing some awesome things. They are use a lot of great songs for their messages. You can check them out on their media player. The thing that drew me to them was their creativity when it came to message series. The videos they used, the songs and many other aspects are so great. Right now they are doing a series on parenting. Check it out.

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This is a church I just started following, but their pastor Perry Noble is an amazing guy. He started the church 8 years ago and its just now starting to really do some amazing things. As I have been checking out churches I have noticed that at about 7 or 8 years churches really find out who they are and what they are about. Another guy who works there is Tony Morgan. Both of these guys are amazing and they have been a huge part of the success at NewSpring. Check em out.

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This Mars Hill is amazing. Just by looking at the first picture on their website you can tell they are outward focused. They love to serve and do an amazing job at it. The church will be nine years old in February and run about 14,000. Mars Hill and Lifechurch.tv are different in many regards. Rob believes in the local church and the beauty in it. You won't see Mars Hill launching any campuses anytime soon. I have never been to visit, but it is one place I really want to visit. Check out their website and let me know what you think. Also if you want some more info on Rob and his teachings check out NOOMA.

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This list is in no particular order, but the first church I would visit would be Lifechurch.tv. Just by looking at their website and all they are doing and offering it is easy to see why. Now I know you don't want to copy churches, but it is definitely wise to take certain aspects. There are a lot of churches who try to be exactly like Lifechurch.tv, but churches need to be their own. One thing I love about Lifechurch.tv is their open source resources. You can check out all of their free stuff here Lifechurch Open. They are about 12 years old and going strong. They are a multisite church using technology in ways that a lot of churches haven't even thought of. Check out their website and let me know what you think. Oh yeah, don't forget to check out You Version. This is something else the developed.

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If you were planting a church and could only go to 10 churches what would they be? I am going to list mine for the next 10 days. Each day I will show a new church. I will start at 10 and work my way down. So, what 10 churches would you vist across america?

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I have never seen anything like it. The pic is from Sadleback church on Tuesday around 3:30pm. This fire was about 500 yards from the Oakley headquarters. As you know the fires are still burning. Mariah and I are safe. We are far enough away, but still close enough to have ash fall in our area. Please be praying for everyone in Southern California. It is very dangerous.

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Why did it almost explode you might be asking? I went to a workshop by a guy who use to be in the advertising department for Porsche. He now is a pastor. He was talking about how we always hear you can can change the method, but not the message. He explained to us how this is a lie. If you change the method then you are changing the mesage. It was really interesting, and I am still trying to put it all together. He said he had a rally tough time deciding to podast his messages at his church. He was talking to Rob Bell about this and Rob said that he is having a tough time with his sermon's being podcasted. Rob's are downloaded close to 100,000 times every week. Rob said it's great that people are getting the message, but he believes that it is taking away form the beauty of the local church. I see what he is saying and how this makes sense when you say if you change the method then you are changing the message. I still need to explore this some more, but I really like what he was saying.

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Our house in Oklahoma sold and we no longer have any house payments. what a huge relief. Now we just have rent to pay in Caifornia. Not cheap. Oh well, I know this is where we are suppose to be. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us and keeping up with our lives the last 6 months.

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Just started reading this book by Craig Groeschel. I am halfway done and it is an aesome book so far. He writes about a lot of stuff pastors are afraid to tell anyone. He is so honest and open. I reccomend this book to anyone involved in ministry in any capacity. You can get it here.

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I know what you are saying, "Who cares about post 91?" Well I do. I wanted to celebrate this milestone now so I don't have to celebrate #100. But to check out a great 100th post blog, check out my wife's. She is pretty fantastic.

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