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After nine years of planning and proposals, North Point has gotten approval from the City of Alpharetta, Georgia State University, the North American Mission Board, and the Corps of Engineers to build a 1,000 foot, three-lane bridge connecting the Alpharetta, GA campus to Old Milton Road. This is significant because the Alpharetta campus typically hosts…

I began this series a few weeks ago by talking about the four questions we ask when taking the pulse of Access Church. The first relates to prayer–submitting our hearts to God. The second relates to giving–submitting our money to God. Ask these questions with me: Do we understand that all we have comes from…

Just one of the hilarious works from Tripp & Tyler at Catalyst ’09. Enjoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGcPSIuXZ30].

Success at Access Church is defined by how many of us move from large environments into community groups. At Access, the community group is the best place for sustained life change to occur. In community groups, we study the Bible together and discuss the issues and challenges of life. It’s also where we pray, care…

We all emerge from childhood with a picture of how we want life to be. We dream about our future lives with our perfect families and perfect jobs. Yet, rarely does life go the way we anticipated. And we’re left with the temptation to take matters into our own hands. David modeled a different approach…

Raise your hand if you believe the moon landing in 1969 was faked. Yeah, I knew at least one of you were out there. Psychologists tell us that some things are too big for our comprehension, so we look for alternative explanations. But a friend of mine was a NASA propulsion engineer, who spent years…

This morning I had a great dialogue with David McDaniel, Donald Wise, and Gavin Adams. We spent part of our time talking about assessing the health of our churches. It was a helpful and encouraging conversation! From the beginning, we have looked to four questions when taking the pulse of Access Church. Are we a…

While we initially received funding from North Point Ministries to launch, for the last 12 months Access Church has relied entirely on your prayers and financial support in order to accomplish our mission of leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. As you can see from the graph to your right, our giving…

Okay, a little Friday fun. You either get twitter or you don’t. If you do, you’ll find this Ben Stiller video pretty funny. Interested in following our staff on Twitter? Rich Barrett Adam Flynt Kevin Bunnell Brian Reese Darin Peckham [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBXmVkGmVnA] .

The most dangerous lies are the ones you never notice—common but deadly deceptions. They can twist your thinking in ways you’d never expect and leave you with a life you never imagined. Each one has the potential to destroy your relationships, cloud your decisions, and distort your perception. Do you see them? Your ability to…