Kevin Pounds' blog

Last night during the NBA finals halftime show, analyst and former player Jalen Rose used two interesting terms to describe the two basketball teams’ roads to success.  Rose explained how the San Antonio Spurs were built while the Miami Heat were bought.  No one questions the success of either team as the Heat play in their third final in three years and the Spurs seek their third championship since 1999.  Both enjoy remarkable success, yet take two radically different approaches to building a winning cultue. I find some striking parallels with how we develop leadership teams (and people in general) in both established churches and church-plants.   Read More…

More notes from the Exponential Church Planting conference.  I’ve attempted to put my points I found incredibly relevant in bold and  personal thoughts in italics.

Jo Saxton, 3DM- Launching Missional Communities Read More…

Last week I and five other guys traveled to Orlando for the Exponential Church Planting Conference.   With pioneers from ministries like 3DM, Soma, and Adullam leading workshops, and some unexpected challenges from unexpected leaders, we drank from  spiritual fire hydrant. Read More…

I’ve finally posted some pics of Rick’s baptism on Easter Sunday.  Rick is a Army veteran and resident of Burlington’s Old North End who became a follower of Jesus earlier this year.  We’re excited about what God is doing in Rick’s life and believe his story is the beginning of many other stories.

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One of my great God-given passions is coaching young ministry leaders- especially young men with hearts for church-planting.  I get to invest in some amazing up and coming leaders here in VT- a group including  BCC’s Gospel Community leaders and a couple of church planters from other Vermont towns.  Read More…