who is bill rose?

Hi, I'm Bill Rose and I want to welcome you to my online community. Here you'll find what I have and am learning that is worth passing on, messages (mp3's) that will encourage and challenge you and someone you can discuss your journey with and gain some helpful insight. All in hopes of encouraging you to get incredibly close to Jesus, to live a life of incredible faith and impact and to intentionally ignore the distractions. read more

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I am currently reading
Sticky Faith by Drs. Kara Powell and Chap Clark

Stuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff

Update on "Big C Church"
I have been busy writing each Friday morning at Starbucks. However being a coffee snob I take my own coffee. Currently it is Dara from Ethiopia and is amazing in flavor and a part of an effort to put money in the hands of local farmers. Oh yes, back to the book. I intend on finishong the book and study guide late summer in time for our church to use it as a fall focus.

Maybe you would like your church to participate with us at Impact. Once it finished we will make it available as an ebook as well as a paper version. The study guide will help small groups take it and help people metabolize into their spiritual growth. I am pretty excited and if this goes well my next book may be on parenting.

Things I am excited about:
Coaching pastors - it is truly rewarding to see others grow and develop themselves and their churches.

Rebecca and I are video presenters for Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage - let us know if you want us to help you invest in the marriages of your congregation. You can check it out at http://www.laughyourway.com

recent blog posts

Thoughts on Denominations

As far as denominations go there is a lot of thought out there. Some have questioned whether or not their day is past.
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The Fine Art of Ham Cooking

Surely you have heard the old story about the husband watching as his wife cut the end off the ham before putting it in the pan. He asks her why she cut the end off and threw it out.
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Getting to Practice What I Preach

Not long ago I lost my car keys at the YMCA. I emptied the locker and my gym bag three times, but still couldn't find them. I went to the front desk confident they would be there but they weren't.
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BIG C

Maybe it is time for me to write a book. A book about church, the real church, the church Jesus said He would build.
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