This summer Audrey Jones spent several weeks in Haiti, working toward the rebuilding and revitalization of the country….but more importantly, its people. In the camp where Audrey worked there were some 55,000 people, 13,000 of those being children. These families gripped her heart deeply, so deeply in fact that she will return to Haiti soon… [Read more…]
May 21, 2010
This is an info./follow up letter that was sent out by the leadership of Renovation following our vision cast. If you are interested in being added to the mailing list send “add me” to info@RenovationChurch.net. Thank you for showing interest in Renovation Church, a new church that is putting its roots down in downtown Atlanta,… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
Our residency is coming to a close on June 1, and we were officially accepted as full members in the Acts 29 network about 2 weeks ago, you can read more about what we are trying to accomplish here. The reason I share all of this is because since we were announced as full members… [Read more…]
March 29, 2010
With Renovation coming into full membership with the Acts 29 network recently, I felt I needed to write a clarifying blog post about a few things that may answer some questions you have about the church, our time line, partnerships, story, etc. In the fall of 2008 after many conversations, and much prayer my wife… [Read more…]
February 18, 2010
1. These are people. God’s image bearers, and as such they should be treated with love, kindness, dignity, and respect. Even if they are disrespectful to you or themselves, show them the gospel in the way you respond. 2. But for Grace, there go I. We are not better than them because of our physical,… [Read more…]
February 5, 2010
Take for example the shopping center 1.2 miles from my home where we do all of our grocery shopping. There is a Target, Barnes and Noble, Kroger, Carribou Coffee, Best Buy, Lowes, Rue Sans(Sushi), Wachovia (Bank), and a Smoothie King, not to mention several upscale ($200 or more a pair)shoe stores, shops, and boutiques. It… [Read more…]
February 4, 2010
I went to Seattle recently to visit my boy’s at Mars Hill and get my retrain on, and me and Mike Anderson had an interesting conversation. We were talking about crime, impoverished neighborhoods, and the gospel. He then told me about the “ghetto” in Seattle, and some of what are considered the “rough” areas. You… [Read more…]
January 18, 2010
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of… [Read more…]
January 18, 2010
Dr. King grew up less than a mile from my home, and Grant Park, the neighborhood where we are planting Renovation. He has had a profound influence on my life, as well as this area, and there is little I can say that hasn’t been said. Every year I watch/listen to this speech to remind… [Read more…]
January 11, 2010
Cleburne statue unveiled in Ringgold by Mark Andrews Cannons go off behind the Gen. Cleburne statue during the Sat., Oct. 3 unveiling ceremony. (Catoosa News/Mark Andrews) Citizens, history buffs and members of the community came to Ringgold’s confederate park on Saturday, Oct. 3, to witness the unveiling of a bronze statue commemorating Gen. Patrick Cleburne.… [Read more…]
September 24, 2010
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