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One mark of a truly great leader is the ability to survey the landscape of issues and separate things that matter from the peripheral. In his outstanding critique of the Reagan presidency, Dinesh D’Souza argues that Reagan’s effectiveness as a leader was determined by his ability to see things in their relative importance. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance is the Pastor of the Lowery Free Will Baptist Church in Twin Oaks, OK.  Before pastoring there, he pastored in Missouri and served many years as Youth Pastor/Janitor in churches in Missouri and Oklahoma.  Lance has been married to his beautiful wife Brenda for almost 17 years and they have two boys Ashton, 11 and Grant 8.  Lance graduated from Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College.  “I can’t wait to find out if there is fishin’ in Heaven.”

Brother Archie has been an instrumental visionary of our gathering of leadership.  Last week I found out some news about his health.  Since he is such a vital part of pastorconnections I asked him to share what he is facing on pastorconnections.com.

Jimmy Holbrook

Diagnosis My Best Day?

Last Wednesday morning I was diagnosed with cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

This weeks blogger is Greg Mcallister.  Greg has ministered in churches in Missouri, Oklahoma and California. He is a former Academic Dean for California Christian College and former Senior Chaplain for the Fresno Police Department. In January 2009, he became pastor of Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Fresno. At present he is Assistant Moderator for the California Association of Free Will Baptists. He has been married to Debbie (Wright) for 32 years. They have two adult children- Mark, and Rachel. He holds the B.A. from Hillsdale FWB College, and the M.Div. from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary.

This weeks blogger is Rick Morris the Lead Pastor at Mountain View Family Church in San Tan Valley, AZ. MVFC was planted in 2001 and has been in a state of steady growth since that time.   Rick and his wife Stephanie have been married for 16 years and have four children, Christian, Lacey, Aubrey, and Steven.

This weeks blogger is Jason Taylor.  Jason is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Vertical Church in Yuma, Arizona.   Read the rest of this entry »

We had a great meeting in Cincinnati.  I saw a lot of new faces that I am hoping to get to know a lot better in the coming years. Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t already registered for the meeting in Cincinatti take time to do so today.  This will be  a great time for us to connect face to face.  Just cick on the register tab above and fill out the form.  Someone will contact you.

At last, Free Will Baptist across the country or even the world has a means of connecting.  Several of us have sought a means to mobilize and mentor a group of fellows who share a common calling, i.e. Pastors.  For some years I’ve dreamed of a vehicle that would allow Pastors to connect with each other.  I believe the time has come to have a means of seasoned Pastors being able to mentor younger Pastors. Read the rest of this entry »