One of the regular features here on EQUIP is a short list of the books we are reading together as a staff team. Some of these are assigned to our staff team and some are recommended for personal benefit. They range in genre from pastoral development to answering skeptics to humor and more. We update this list the first week of every month and we are particularly excited to feature Continue reading

Summit Worship is hosting a free, four-week seminar on Learning Guitar & Bass for Worship.

Dates: 4 Saturday sessions, February 6th – 27th

Times: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM for Guitar, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM for Bass

Location: Summit Kids Worship Area, Brier Creek Campus

Scott Swanek, a qualified guitar instructor and Summit Worship member, will be presenting this workshop to inspire and equip willing students to worship God with guitar.  This seminar Continue reading

Is There Such a Thing as “Half the Gospel?” Pt. 2

In my last post I explored the question of whether or not someone can preach “half the Gospel.” If someone chooses to focus on one part of the story, such as God’s love, and fails to ever mention God’s justice, are they simply preaching “half the Gospel?” Or have they departed from the realm of Gospel preaching altogether?

In my Continue reading

Is There Such a Thing as “Half the Gospel?” Pt. 1

Over the years I have occasionally come across preachers and Christian speakers who were conveying what I would call “half of the Gospel.” By this I mean that they taught parts of the Gospel perfectly, even brilliantly, but simultaneously failed to mention key parts of the Gospel in the process. It’s not that these teachers were saying anything wrong, but Continue reading

We asked the Summit’s Community and Church Planting Pastor, Curt Alan, to give us a heads up on what the Summit is doing to help the people of Haiti.

Since the news broke about the disaster in Haiti, we have been receiving lots of inquiries from individuals who wish to give financially to Haiti relief efforts and/or physically go and be a part of the relief efforts there on the Continue reading

Several weeks ago I wrote a blog post entitled “The Miracle of Intimacy” in which I explored how our pragmatism can limit the work of God. When it comes to ministry, we often limit ourselves according to what’s worked in the past. Our small imaginations result in small movements of God, so we’ve got to have a game plan that actually requires faith.

However, does the reality of God’s miraculous Continue reading

Earlier this week, we looked at the necessity of prayer in evangelism.  If for some reason you haven’t heard our campus pastors teach on 2 Corinthians 5, make sure you check out our Sermon Media page to hear these incredible sermons on the ministry of reconciliation.  Today, I want to offer you some helpful suggestions as you carry out the ministry of reconciliation.

Establish an Ongoing Conversation.  After God Continue reading

Beginning this Sunday, the Summit is launching into a season where we are going to be pouring over the book of Ephesians together. Our Pastor will be preaching through the letter, our small groups will be studying straight through it (our sg team wrote a pretty solid study through Ephesians for this), & everyone will be challenged to memorize a passage in it (2:1-10). We are stoked around here for Continue reading

This past weekend, our campus pastors did an incredible job explaining the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:16-21).  This passage makes me grateful that God has reconciled us to Himself (5:18), and I am even more eager to live each day as an “ambassador for Christ” (5:20).  With the gospel driving me, I want to share two key actions steps that I’m trying to implement in my own life.  Today Continue reading

Mike McDaniel is the Director of SendRDU, the church planting center at the Summit and one of the main contributors here at the EQUIP blog.

I’m looking forward to the day that you’ll be able to ask any random person at the Summit why we put so much focus on church planting, and they’ll look at you like you’re crazy just for suggesting otherwise. I have a dream that nobody Continue reading