Stephen G. Knopp II
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As I continue to try and help people understand some of the values that 801South will hope to exhibit, the value which may be of most importance is that of relationships driving the ministry. You have heard me say (many times) that life is about people and people are about relationships. One of the most…
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Over the next couple weeks, I will be writing a series of articles detailing some of the key values that will be drivers of the 801South movement. If you are a reader who sees yourself as potentially playing a role in 801South, hopefully these posts will help you to further discern that potential. If you…
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Your community matters. Those with whom you socialize, work, live, and play are key to your decisions. They are, however, even more important to your follow through on those decisions. In the typical day-to-day of life, we do not even realize the role our people huddles play in the accountability of our decisions (especially the…
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This past Sunday, I had the honor to be introduced as the new Pastor of New Church Venues and Church Revitalization. (You know you wish you had an awesome, but yet meaningless until there is something tangible that gives it meaning, title like me.) My family stood in front of four different worship experiences at…
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When I was in college (way back in the day) a few us picked up the sport of racquetball. We had no idea how to play the game, but we had a blast chasing that little bouncing ball all over the court. We had no aspirations of turning pro. Instead, it was simply a good…
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There is a vital concept that you must grasp in order to appreciate a ministry initiative like 801South. Here it is (totally for free): Those who participate in modes of church (worship, discipleship, outreach, missions, evangelism, etc.) that are different from your own are NOT inherently wrong. We have an innate push within us to…
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Today I had the incredible pleasure to witness the church at work. The Rainbow Express camp began this morning as an army of Jesus’ servants began tangibly displaying God’s unconditional love to children and their families from our community. The church’s website explains, “Rainbow Express is a weeklong day camp sponsored each summer by Matthews…
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Here is the final post in a series through which I am providing my answers to questions that have been asked regarding the 801South ministry initiative. First of all, the most popular question is: Are we trying to be Elevation? No. But understanding and appreciating Elevation Church will be helpful. See here. Here. Here. And…
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Over my first two days I have spoken to a medley of people in the community and listened to their thoughts on what 801South might look like or what they hope to see as a result of this new ministry. The conversation is wide-ranging and a lot of fun to hear different perspectives. I too…
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The church spends a lot of time and brainwork answering questions that no one (or at least not anyone outside the four walls) is asking. The only way to know what questions people are asking is to ask them, rather than wasting our time assuming we know (or worse, telling people what they should be…
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