Photographic Proof: Why You Must Come To Our Vision Catalyst Meeting

Last night we held the first of four Vision Catalyst meetings for our What’s New Vision Campaign.  We hope that those of you who didn’t make it will attend either the Wednesday the 17th or Wednesday the 31st meeting at the Midtown campus (childcare at The 930, meeting at the St. Vincent’s cathedral on Shelby [...]

Our New Pastor’s First Day On The Job

Pastor Brian Howard began his first official workday at the Sojourn staff office today.  He’s been busy doing all those fun, crazy first-day things like learning about the health, dental and vision benefit plans, moving into his office, meeting staffers and attending his first day-long series of staff meetings.
You’ll all meet Pastor Brian soon, and [...]

Major Changes To Campus Leadership Teams – Exec Pastor Answers Questions

If you’ve happened to see recent changes we made to the “Locations and Service Times” section of sojournchurch.com (which is featured prominently on the home page) you’ve no doubt noticed some changes.  The page itself looks different, and it leads to separate sections for our East campus and Midtown campus.  From there, the viewer can [...]

Pastor Chad Lewis Talks About His Health, Why Sojourn Occasionally Hires “From Outside” & more

Pastor Chad Lewis sat down with me for a 10-minute talk on our free Inside Sojourn podcast, where he answered these questions:

How is he doing in his battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
How have his pastoral duties recently shifted
Why are some of the Sojourn staff/elder reorganizations taking place?
Why does Sojourn occasionally hire a pastor who was [...]

Photo Blog: Sojourn Elder Installation Ceremony, November 2009

Last Wednesday night at the Sojourn Members’ Meeting, our community gained seven new elders.  You’ve read Lead Pastor Daniel Montgomery’s recap of this night.  Now, check out Art Director Michael Winters’ photo coverage:

Pastor Daniel addresses the members, while the seven elders-in-process stand by the stage.  From left to right: new Pastors Nathan Ivey, James Santos, [...]

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 [...]

October Is Pastor Appreciation Month. What Will You Do?

Sojourn has been gifted by the Lord with an incredible team of pastors (and ministry leaders) who seek to lead us forward in ministry & mission. And make no mistake about it they are “gifts” from Jesus, our Senior Pastor.
Paul made it very clear when he was speaking with the Ephesian elders in Acts [...]

Watch The Full Sojourn Meeting/Q&A Session On Multi Campus Expansion Here!

Last week Sojourn’s catalytic leadership team — Teaching Pastor Daniel Montgomery, Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper and Director of Operations Bryce Butler — hosted an open meeting and Q&A session about the upcoming launch of our second Louisville church campus (St. Matthews) and called for a simultaneous rededication to the neighborhood of The 930 [...]