Disciple | Husband | Father | Pastor @Sojourn_PDX | PNW Church Starting Strategist
Portland, OR
Joined April 2010
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2017 is a big year for the Boyd family as we move to Portland to start planting @Sojourn_pdx! Interested in joining us? Give me a shout!
Matthew Boyd retweeted
.@JohnPiper on Christian Nationalism.
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Titus 3:1-3
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
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Friends coming in town for the weekend is a poor excuse for not gathering with your church family on Sunday. If anything it’s the perfect time to gather and to expose them to what a Christian community looks like.
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Networks don’t plant churches, true, but how many networks does it take to make a “successful” church plant? It seems more and more planters I know are part of 3-5 networks in my order to make thinks work.
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Worth A Read and an Evaluation how most church planting networks plant churches: dubois853798.substack.com/p/…
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Everyone likes to claim they plant churches today with “Paul’s strategy” but does anyone really in the Western context? You cannot start with 100 people, 2 elders, and a worship leader and claim this… I don’t care how many churches you’ve started.
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Matthew Boyd retweeted
Why isn't the genocide of Christians in Nigeria by Muslims as important to Americans as Gaza/Palestine? Over 3,000 Christians have murdered in Nigeria in 2026. #FreeNigerianChristians
Enjoyable weekend on the East Coast at Carolina Beach with friends I’ve known for over 25 years. I’m learning as you get older these friendships become more and more valuable.
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"Church planting is supernatural work. We can’t make it happen." thegospelcoalition.org/artic…
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It was a pleasure to participate in the church planting conference for the @TexasBaptists Church Planting Network this week. Honored to share on a panel with these other church planters/pastors.
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I’m not implying every Christian couple should have children, but unfortunately this mentality of not having kids has crept into the church.
Actor Seth Rogen suggests that having kids would mean he wouldn't be able to have as much fun in Los Angeles.
The comment came as Rogen and his wife discussed their new movie about the dilemma of having kids or not.
Back in 2023, on 'Diary of a CEO,' Rogen boasted that he would not be nearly as successful if he decided to have kids.
What a great reminder that the most important thing you can do in life is not to build the next generation, but it is to have fun in California and make dumb movies.
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This was such an encouraging day on so many levels! It’s days like this one that remind you why you pastor and keep you encouraged to keep going.
Our final Sunday in August was one to remember!
We received a message from one of our very own and we got to baptize our friend, Thalita, who started attending Sojourn one year ago when she moved here from Brazil.
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Excited to be back in the pulpit @Sojourn_pdx tomorrow after not preaching in the month of August! There are some really exciting things happening at Sojourn right now and can’t wait for the future.
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Matthew Boyd retweeted
We didn't need a study for this, but hey it backs up scripture:
66% of Protestant teens who regularly attend church drop out between ages 18 and 22.
After surveying nearly 500 youth group graduates, the Fuller Youth Institute identified one contributing factor: churches have increasingly segregated teenagers from the rest of the church.
If anyone is looking for a preaching coach on a monthly or even weekly basis let me know as I have a trusted friend launching a coaching platform for a handful of developing preachers. #churchplanters #preachers #pastors
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