An author and preacher, first at Willow Creek Community Church and now at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, John Ortberg brings Scripture alive with practical applications and a sense of humor.
Seven words keep city churches from ministering to the multitudes around them, Ray Bakke says. It's the We Never Did it That Way Before Syndrome, and it crosses theological and denominational lines.
Bakke--a pastor, teacher and author--talked about getting beyond that syndrome as featured speaker for the 2009 Central Valley Ministry Forum February 26.