Into All The World | Travis & Teri Snode

I spent last week in the city of Sunderland in the northern England helping a good friend of mine, Alan Campbell, and Bethesda Free Church with Reach 2013.  Reach is a week of training and evangelism for young people designed to help them grow in their faith, develop their evangelism skills, and encourage boldness in […]

If you’ve never listened to Pastor and Missionary Austin Gardner’s podcast, sample a recent one called “Man or Ministry“.  It will be worth your time! Week after week, this podcast will teach you more about church planting, leader training, culture adaptation, and much more.  Also, you’ll hear encouraging interviews from other missionaries from around the world. Help […]

Several weeks ago, I preached a message called “Simple Math - The Power of Discipleship” at North Pointe Baptist Church in Wooster, Ohio.  In the message, we looked at God’s method for how we can reach the entire world of the gospel.  Attached below are my sermon notes, Keynote presentation slides, and link to the […]

I recently read this post on Thom Rainer’s blog and wanted to repost it here.  I really thought it was very insightful.  I don’t want to look back and have the same regrets in the future. I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. All of […]

Missions 101: Part 2 - How does a missionary raise support and get to the field that he believes God has directed him to? First, we need to understand that where God guides, He provides. God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s support.  When God told Noah to build an ark, he […]

5 Questions About Eternity Full from Galkin Team on Vimeo.

source Every person that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church. It is the question assessors ask every candidate who submits himself to an assessment process to be a lead planter in a network or denomination. Churches that have a desire to […]

This is a series of videos put together by my pastor about our BE - DO - SERVE - TRAIN ministry philosophy.  I hope they are a blessing and help to you.  Please feel free to ask questions and comment! The Be Level blog 5026 from Mark Coffey on Vimeo. The Do Level blog 5027 from Mark Coffey on Vimeo. Blog 5028 The […]

Recently, a friend of mine emailed me asking for ideas about discipling and training young men with a heart for God.  I jotted down a few ideas for him that you might find helpful.  Here are my thoughts: Be passionate and eat up with serving the Lord, and who you are will influence those around […]

I read this over here on this blog.  Though I am not endorsing everything that is written on that blog, I really thought this was a very good article to encourage us with the importance of expository preaching.  I personally did a lot of topical preaching at the beginning of my ministry. In the last […]