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Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on August 16, 2012

?I don't see them, Pastor. These people you talk about us reaching. Where are they?? As the pastor looked in the eyes of this saintly lady in the church, his eyes were opened. For the first time it occurred... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on August 2, 2012

?Can I talk to you?? asked Lindsey with tears in her eyes. She was a teenager who approached me following one of the worship services at Summersalt, a student camp sponsored by the Cooperative Program of the South Carolina... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on July 19, 2012

This past November, my wife gave birth to our third son, Corder. He was named after my grandfather, Len G. Corder, who was a Baptist pastor in our state for 37 years and 28 years at First Baptist Church... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on July 5, 2012

The Camp McCall lifeguard at Lake Chilliwater handed a life jacket to me and my son, Connor, as we stepped into the canoe. I thought to myself, ?I was a certified life guard when you were in diapers, Buddy.... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on June 21, 2012

As I got to know Rokeem"s story, I learned that he spent four years in foster care, and returned home to his mother and six siblings in the 2nd grade. My wife taught him that year and said he... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on May 24, 2012

?Get them in the boat!? my 7-year-old son Connor screamed. A three-foot shark was peeling my 9-year-old Caden's line and excitement was erupting in the boat. We were on Caden's birthday 'shark fishing? trip. At one point, we had... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: The Power of ‘One’ – by Lee Clamp

Published on May 10, 2012

?Meat.? It was the third time I wrote his name down on a sticky note and put it on the wall during an evangelism strategy leadership gathering. I was leading leaders to look for ways to celebrate the conversations... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: The Church is Coming to Town

Published on April 26, 2012

Squeals of laughter and the smell of cotton candy, popcorn, and hot dogs filled the air. Children were scurrying from one large inflatable to another. The church had come to town, not the circus.... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

Published on April 12, 2012

?Before my church could change, this old boy had to change.? All of us listened intently as pastor Jerry Broughton from College Park Baptist Church told us of his journey through the Intentional Church Multiplication Process with the South... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: All in the Family – by Lee Clamp

Published on March 29, 2012

My friend Lesley's heart fluttered as she heard the words spoken to her on the phone. ?We have a newborn baby waiting on you at the hospital.? It had been nearly a year of praying and filling out paperwork... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: Infectious – by Lee Clamp

Published on March 15, 2012

?When are you coming back? It's no fun when y?all aren't here.? Anyone would have melted if they looked into his big brown eyes. The small boy clung to the teenagers who had completed a day of service at... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: Get Involved – by Lee Clamp

Published on March 1, 2012

I was startled in the middle of the night by someone banging and yelling at my front door. Groggy and half asleep, I stumbled down the steps to see my next-door neighbor, Mandy, frantically yelling, ?Your house is on... Continue Reading »