John Markum

Naming a Church: Part 1

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So now that we’ve began sharing our call to go start a new church in the South Bay area of San Jose, CA, many people have began asking us a lot of great questions. One of the biggest questions people began asking us has been, “What are you going to call this new church plant?”

The funny thing is, I found it far more difficult naming our church than naming our kids! Continue reading “Naming a Church: Part 1”

Our Big Announcement…

Announcement

This past weekend, my wife and I announced to our church family at Edgewood that this July we will be leaving to launch a new church in the South Bay area of San Jose, CA.

This has been a day that Tiffany and I have been looking forward to with great anticipation for many years. We told our church that when we began in ministry, we knew two things: that God had called me to lead a church one day as the Lead Pastor, and that the church I would lead would not be an existing church, but a church plant. Continue reading “Our Big Announcement…”

The phrase no pain, no gain has been a mantra for athletes and fitness junkies for years. And what they understand about physical pain needs to be broadened to a much more general use in all of our lives. Pain hurts. That's the whole problem. No one enjoys it, and if someone does, we rightfully

The Premium of Pain