As many of you know, I spent seven weeks of this summer overseas on an extended mission trip. The elders of the Summit sent my family and...

Ryah Greear, dancing during a South African sunset As many of you know, Pastor J.D. has been in South Africa for the past few weeks on an...

When God called me to be a pastor, he did so by first calling me to the mission field. I spent the first two years of my ministry as a...

For those of you who missed it, we had 11,876 people pack the Durham Performing Arts Center the past two days for Christmas at DPAC. You...

For those of you here at the Summit, this weekend I asked an important question: who among us is climbing the mountains of poverty,...

Writing is a peculiar trade. For those who love the written word, writing is almost magical. I (Chris) am a writer, and I often find that...

Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy,   cast off that I might be brought in,   trodden down as an enemy     that I might be...

#Personal

This Sunday 11,500 people descended on the Durham Bulls Athletic Park for Church at the Ballpark. It was an incredible service, as we saw...

I hope you’ll forgive the inexcusable “proud parent” element of this, but I thought it could be both an encouragement and a challenge to...

One of our members here at the Summit, Ben McCormick, created a Bingo board to use during my sermons. I was a little hesitant to share...

I read this passage in my time with God this morning, and the Spirit of God moved me to really believe and pray it for our church: For...

Matt Papa foolishly challenged me to a pull-up competition. The end of the matter was to be expected: I beat him soundly. And since I...

Pardon the personal nature of this post, but, Summit Church, on the occasion of my 40th birthday I wanted to put out a few reflections...

Merry Christmas, everyone! This blog will be officially on vacation for the next week, letting both you and me spend Christmas with our...