Elder Installation, pt. 2

As I prepared for Wednesday’s elder installation, I wanted it to be a significant event. In our history, elder installation was not done with any sort of ceremony, we just affirmed a guy and started calling him ‘elder.’ But I’ve come to realize that these sorts of events are hugely significant both in the lives [...]

Elder Installation, pt. 1

What a joy to have seven new brothers as part of Sojourn’s eldership as of yesterday evening. I cannot communicate how pleased I am to finally be able to call these men ‘pastor’, who have been doing the work of a pastor for months, just without the title.
Pastor Gary Almon, Pastor Bryce Butler, Pastor Simon Groce, Pastor Nathan [...]

An Inside Look At The Sojourn Elders’ Retreat

Last week the Sojourn elders and elders-in-process traveled to a rustic cabin overlooking a lake for their 2009 summer retreat.  As the deacon in charge of communications I was allowed to observe the proceedings and participate in plenty of prayer, relaxation, good food, river-floating, stimulating conversation and a study on 1 Timothy led by teaching [...]

Pastor Chad Lewis, On His Illness And How We Can Pray For Him

I sat down with Pastor-elder Chad Lewis in his office to discuss the illness that has kept him from preaching as of late.  Several have asked “Where has Chad been?” or “Why haven’t we heard Chad lately?”
In this short video, he addresses these and other questions and lets all of us know how we can [...]

Sojourn Elders: Why We Believe Our Multi-Campus Plan Is A Biblical Model

Brothers and sisters:
Thanks for staying with us through four Q&A blog posts.  Hopefully we answered your immediate questions behind the decision to open a second Sojourn campus this summer.  Remember that we are holding an open meeting on Thursday the 21st to answer more questions and to further lay the groundwork for the task in [...]

Pt. 4: Sojourn Elders Answer Your Questions About Our Multi-Campus Approach, And Our New Campus In St. Matthews

Brothers and sisters:
Thank you for continuing with us in this series of blog posts.  We hope that we have answered the biggest questions you’ve asked, and other questions along the way.  Now we’ll tackle a miscellany of questions that we have not previously discussed:

Where is the new location?  Will we own it? They currently [...]