About fifteen years ago a came across a sermon by Dr. John Piper entitled, “Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain.” Obviously the title was an attention getter so I set time aside and listened to it. I had no idea how much it would influence my life. It not…(Read More)
On April 1st 2012 we launched the weekly worship gatherings of The Embassy Church. We are missionaries to the Denver metro area and we have started by engaging the communities that fall within a 5-mile radius of City Park. As missionaries we exegete the community and its residence; we want and need to…(Read More)
We are in the process of launching a church in the Denver metro area. The church is called “The Embassy.” Our first gathering is only weeks away and every moment we become more aware of our heart’s greatest desire. By God’s grace we strive toward making disciples in the…(Read More)
The prioritizing of smaller missional communities is a celebrated distinctive of The Embassy. This in no way undermines the value of our larger gatherings; we recognize the need for the saints to gather for regular corporate worship.[1] The large worship gathering is essential for vision casting, celebration, teaching, and corporate joy…(Read More)
The popular idea of leadership presents the picture of a person that is courageous and omni-competent. The leader has no weaknesses and is able to take a group of people on their back and go on to victory. However, both experience and reason undermine such an idea of leadership. There…(Read More)
Currently I am in Tacoma, WA with one of my Embassy teammates, Derrick Kelsey. We are attending a great training gathering known as “Soma School.” We are here to process how they execute missional community and Gospel-centered gatherings because it is similar to what we are striving toward in Denver via a new…(Read More)
What is an Embassy? An embassy is a mission to a foreign government headed by an ambassador. It has the responsibility of representing the agenda of the home state while residing in a foreign land. We can think of no better analogy for the Church. The body of Christ is called…(Read More)
Typically, one writes a story of transformation in retrospect. They look back at what God has done and celebrate how far they have come. This story, however, is different. It is not written as we look back, instead we are looking forward. We want to highlight the story of Denver’s transformation. We have…(Read More)
