Catalyst National Tour in Washington, D.C.

Meet Nicky Yates, Executive Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator, at Charity Water. After she spoke at the Washington, D.C. Idea Camp she sat down with me to share more about he story and what has been happening with their exciting September initiative at Charity Water...again, huge aplogies for only now getting this out!

Catalyst National Tour - Washington, D.C.

You might remember Joshua as author of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye," a book published 13 years ago that still sparks immediate responses on twitter and facebook! We had some good laughs about his journey from author to pastor, and Joshua sat down with us for an interview after dinner while we were hanging out at Starbucks.

"If you sit and watch a plant grow hoping to see fruit you're going to get discouraged...you're going to feel like nothing's happening!"

Catalyst National Tour - Indianapolis, IN

If you were averaging 2,700 people AND $60K in tithes every week would you consider changing your strategy as a church??? Now, please, suspend your "it's not about numbers and not about money" response...we all know the right answer. Just pause and put yourself in the shoes of a young pastor and/or leadesrhip team who decides to change the direction of their church and sees their weekly attendance drop below a thousand and their HUGE tithe support fall away.

Listen as Steve shares about the impact they've experienced from Andy Stanley's 2007 Catalyst "Systems" Talk and Danny shares about leading their church through recent changes...these guys are a blast to hang out with, really hope to see them again soon!

Catalyst National Tour in Washington, D.C.

Meet Mark Norman, lead pastor of Grace Community Church in Fulton, MD...Mark and the team at Grace will be hosting Catalyst One Day in November!

Listen as he shares part of his story AND a glimpse into his fresh perspective on the question of raising up young leaders in his church...

Make sure to watch through the end of the video for a special service announcement from Justin! Mark didn't realize one of his many books in his office would be featured on this video... :)

Catalyst National Tour in Washington, D.C.

Pastor T.L. Rogers and his son, Pastor Perrin Rogers from Triumphant Baptist Church in Hyattsville, invited us into their Maryland home last week during our trip to Washington D.C. There weren't many African-American pastors attending Catalyst West Coast this past April...T.L., Perrin, and Joshua were there, and during our time with them last week they shared with us about some crazy connections that have unfolded through their Catalyst story AND how they have seen some amazing opportunities to partner with International Justice Mission...this is a fun story.