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Mike Godfrey

Mike Godfrey is a Florida native who was saved in the summer following his seventh-grade year. He attended the Baptist College of Florida and received a B.A. in Christian Education and later The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving M.Div and D.Min. degrees. Mike served on church staff in Waynesboro, Georgia, as a youth pastor for eight years prior to joining Sterling Park Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia, in 2015 as a church planting resident. Along with a team of faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, Mike planted Redeemer Baptist Church in Warrenton, Virginia, in 2016. Mike is blessed to be married to his best friend, Carrie, and the Lord has graced them with two amazing children, Abbie and Caleb.

Resources from Mike

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Entitlement in Church Planting

Mike Godfrey

Entitlement is a persistent and pesky weed growing in the soil of your heart that will choke out the joy and faith you need in the church-planting journey.

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Church Planter, Don’t ‘Give the People What they Want’!

Mike Godfrey

Consumerism is a normal part of life, but it can creep into places it shouldn't be – like church planting. Mike Godfrey clarifies what makes the local church uniquely different from anywhere else in the world.

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Brutal Feedback is Your Friend

Mike Godfrey

We all need mentors and trustworthy brothers and sisters in Christ willing to give us honest feedback. When the feedback is brutal, remind yourself they are saying hard things to you for your success, not your failure.

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Church Planter, Plan What You Preach!

Mike Godfrey

You don’t want to wait until the last minute decide what you will preach. Mike Godfrey lists seven benefits of planning what you will preach.

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The Planter Comparison Game

Mike Godfrey

“The guys at the 9marks table are uncomfortable right now” At a gathering for aspiring and active church planters we regularly heard from planters describing their experiences, mostly their “wins” in church planting thus far. That day our designated speaker...

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3 Reflections of a Hard-Headed Church Planter

Mike Godfrey

Though God’s grace has been shown in my life and in the church I serve, I wish I’d remembered the old adage: “God gave you two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you talk.”