This past Sunday I was standing at the back of the auditorium in our weekend service when my friend, Thane walked over to me. Thane's wife, Sarah, wrote, appears, and did her own voice-over for "My Story" (below). As Thane stood beside me, I listened, got choked up, then smiled, then choked up again...

I'm posting this video clip from this past weekend for two audiences, two purposes. First, Granger Community Church attendees and members: If you missed the weekend, you missed this unapologetic recommendation from our senior pastor, Mark Beeson. Interested in an approach to your sexuality and relat...

Twenty years ago I worked in human relations in a non-profit agency for six years. During those tenures I volunteered in local church ministry. I led students, taught classes, and chaperoned youth events. Then I spent half a dozen years on a church staff as a youth pastor. From 1997 to 2000 I worked...

I just walked by an office next door where an active conversation was underway about our first multi-site campus this fall. I overheard these kinds of comments: "Does a guest have to walk over to another counter to purchase a Bible?" "Is the account line item the same for the cafe as ...

This year we changed up our approach to celebrating volunteers. In years past we've decentralized the celebration into ministry department evenings. Or as was the case the past couple years, we hosted a church-wide Friday night event to say "you matter" to the thousands of volunteers who make the mi...

Tim Stevens has been the steady diet in a vulture-like feeding frenzy of Christians who see Granger Community Church (and others who tap pop culture as parable and platform to communicate Christ) as the antithesis of Christianity. Tim pointed to the string of posts and comments from his critics here...

It's not linear. It's viral . It's not one tells one. It's everyone tell everyone. It was not a slow-spreading announcement, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It didn't travel one person to one more person. It was viral . Each person told everyone they knew. The Light caused ripple effects that impa...

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Thursday evening Mark Beeson announced the three sites for our initial multi-site launch strategy. It was an exciting evening with high energy, lots of questions and eager anticipation. Befor...

I did lots of blinking trying to keep my eyes clear enough to watch this. This is amazing! This is video uploaded by my friend and GCC's India staffer, Raj. This is video taken a few days ago in southern India where 1,000+ people were baptized. Our own Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder and Ron Vandergrie...

Tonight we launch Financial Peace University, a video-based series by Dave Ramsey. Nearly 350 people are registered to participate in the 13-week run. There are a number of assumptions we could make about the folks coming tonight... and a number of assumptions we shouldn't make. Like: No one here is...