Gathered. Nurtured. Sent.
Pastor Randy Pope, Founding Pastor – Perimeter Church
Becoming A More Outward-Facing Church
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Perhaps the greatest deterrent to the health of gospel-centered, Bible believing churches today is their ineffectiveness in making disciples (leading non-believers to become true followers of Jesus). The typical follower of Jesus, in the best of our churches, may well long to be disciple-makers, but not have the tools and equipping to do so. Randy will address this dilemma and other numerous insights into how to equip our churches to become more outward-facing – and as a result, become much healthier.
Randy Pope is the founding pastor of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, Georgia. After 42 years of leading Perimeter Church, in September 2019, he moved into the role of full-time Assistant Pastor of Perimeter Church and President of Life-on-Life Ministries. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama, with a major in math, and received a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary.
In its earlier years, Perimeter was a pioneer in small group ministry and was one of 10 churches to be highlighted in the book, “10 of the Most Innovative Churches in America” (2014). It pioneered what was perhaps the first multi-campus church in America and then moved to a church planting model in the mid-1980s. Since its start in 1977, Perimeter and its church plants have started more than 40 churches in the Atlanta area. Perimeter was recognized by Leadership Network as the fourth most reproducing church in America. Perimeter is a founding partner of Unite!, a group of over 120 churches from different denominations working together to bring Kingdom transformation to the city of Atlanta.
His personal passion and commitment is to make and train disciples of Christ. He founded Life-on-Life Ministries, an organization committed to establishing life-on-life missional discipleship in churches worldwide. In addition to training church leaders throughout the world, he has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities and graduate schools. He is the author of numerous books for pastors and church leaders, including The Intentional Church and Insourcing. He has also written a book for singles, Finding Your Million Dollar Mate. He has developed resources used around the world that include: The Journey, a gospel centered curriculum for discipleship and Express Your Faith, a relational approach to help people, whether religious or irreligious, investigate Christ. He has also developed resources for those exploring Christianity that include Life Issues and Next Steps booklets.
Randy and Carol have four grown children and fifteen grandchildren who all live in North Atlanta.