![]() OK, so I want to come back on a reverse like twenty five years ago. This month we're actually celebrating our 25th anniversary. But when you're passionate about something and you get an opportunity. None of this is easy and we always highlight the success stories, but it's a lot of hard work. Professional golfer, professional tennis player. You know, when you see somebody do something well and it looks easy, it's because they work really hard at it. But as your audience knows, it's a lot of hard work. We lost North Point Community Church, you know, one campus, two, three, four or five, nine or ten around the city now and several different cities around the country and television. I want to be outside of the traditional environment because it's just it's just better. ![]() And I turned to her and I said, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. After the first Sunday, I remember walking to the little construction trailer that was kind of our office with my wife, Sandra. So we went out to this warehouse with thousands of people. And I've been doing student ministry for ten years, so I was all about creative ministry. And on the inside, I'm like, yes, we can just make this up as we go along and just kind of create a church the way we want to create church. And of course, I'm trying to look sad on the outside, like it's going to be tough. So you're just going to have to kind of figure it out as you go along out there. You're not going to have all the stuff that we have down here at headquarters, the main church. You're not going to have all the amenities. ![]() They said, OK, it's going to be really raw. And the entrepreneurial thing in your audience will appreciate this. The whole church is going to move out to the outskirts of town. The deacon said, Andy, we need you to go out there and kind of get things started until we sell the downtown property right downtown Atlanta. I worked for my dad for 10 years, the pastor of a Baptist church. Well, Northpoint started as a response to something I'd done when I worked for my dad. Can you talk to us through the journey of starting Northpoint and the sort of entrepreneurial venture that was?Īndy Stanley: Yeah. We're talking about that right before we went live. And while listeners may know you as a pastor, you're a bit of an entrepreneur yourself. As you know, this is a show for Christian entrepreneurs. Henry Kaestner: Andy, thank you very much for joining us today. What story do I want to tell that leads to better decisions? But when we can step back and gain the perspective of story and say, OK, when this difficult situation is nothing more than a story, I tell when this bankruptcy, when this failed launch, when whatever it is, this failed, when this is nothing more than a story I tell. ![]() We think in terms of circumstances that are right in front of us. So the question is when it's nothing more than a story I tell, what story do I want to tell? And is it a story that I want to be told? And is it the story I want to tell my children or is it going to be a story I hope I never find out about? What story do I want to tell the person I eventually want to spend the rest of my life with? And we don't think in terms of story. The FDE movement is a volunteer-led movement, and if you’d like to contribute by editing future transcripts, please email us.Īndy Stanley: Every season will eventually be nothing more than a story that you tell. Please keep that in mind as you work through it. ![]() While technology is an incredible tool to automate this process, there will be misspellings and typos that might accompany it. *Some listeners have found it helpful to have a transcription of the podcast. ![]()
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