by John Hampton | May 26, 2025 | Church Working Right
What if I told you that there is a growing church located in a declining town in rural Kentucky? What if I told you that this church is over 193 years old? What if I told you that the colorful and legendary Restoration Movement leader, “Raccoon” John Smith,...
by John Hampton | Jan 27, 2024 | Uncategorized, Church Working Right, Sermons and Preaching
Imagine baptizing more people into Christ at your church in one day than you have baptized in a month or even a year. Imagine hearing stories of life-change reverberate throughout your ministry for weeks and months…not to mention eternity! Not only is this...
by John Hampton | Nov 25, 2023 | Soul Care, Church Working Right
Sometimes, I make up words. Do you ever do that? Occasionally, no word already in usage satisfactorily captures what you want to get across. So, you just make one up. I get it. In a session earlier this year, I told my counselor that I want to help local church...
by John Hampton | Oct 26, 2023 | Sermons and Preaching
A little boy asked his Daddy, who was a preacher, “Daddy, every Sunday morning when you come out to preach, I see you sit up by the pulpit, and you bow your head for a long time. What are you doing?” The father replied, “I’m asking the Lord to give me a good sermon to...
by John Hampton | Sep 25, 2023 | Church Working Right
Gene Appel, a good friend and admired pastoral colleague, recently led a tremendously helpful and practical webinar on the topic of leading change for the CCL Network. Gene co-authored a book with Alan Nelson, titled How To Change Your Church Without Killing It, in...
