A Shout Out to Las Vegas Pastors, Pt. 1
When we came to Las Vegas in the summer of 2000, one of the first things I did was to attempt to reach out to other Pastors and Leaders in the Las Vegas valley. It has been a remarkable blessing. (Young leaders take note: networking with other leaders will be worth 100x the time you put into reaching out. Do NOT follow the example of many leaders of sticking to themselves, believing too much in yourself and your ways and missing the blessing of knowing and learning from others). In fifteen years I have never had a Pastor/Leader blow me off. Even though we came here to plant a church, no one seemed threatened by us or in competition. So here are some specific praises for specific leaders. I am so afraid I am going to forget somebody! In some but no particular order: Shane Philip, The Crossing . Shane was speaking at Central Christian on a Sunday morning at their new Henderson campus in the spring of 2000 when we were figuring out if we should even come here and I reached