Steve Sanchez - Stone The Preacher

10 Things God Didn’t Tell Me Before Moving to Texas (“Movin’ On!” Part 10)

Apr 1, 2014Steve Sanchez7 CommentsTexas Tales!

When I got the call from God to move to Texas on June 21, 2013, to plant Hope Chapel Hill Country (read about “my call to Texas” in part 1 by clicking here), I had no idea what was in store for me. I just wanted to be obedient. Within about two months, we sold

Hill Country Hypocrisy

Mar 26, 2014Steve Sanchez2 CommentsTexas Tales!

SOME HYPOCRISY WAS ON DISPLAY at the Senior Citizens Activity Center where my daughter and I visited at lunch time a few weeks ago…. (Start at Part 1 by clicking here.) If you’ve been following this story, then you know I’ve been having a few run-ins with the manager there. My purpose in visiting these

Open Air Preaching “On-Hold”

Mar 18, 2014Steve Sanchez3 CommentsOpen Air, Texas Tales!

I was thinking about what my life used to be like before I moved to Texas to plant a church and thought about how much my priorities have changed since arriving in Dripping Springs on September 29, 2013. One of my favorite things to do was preach in the open air regularly. It has been

A Tale of Two Rings

Mar 16, 2014Steve Sanchez2 CommentsABOUT ME & MY BLOG

I JUST TURNED 55. But I received the best gift ever from my wife to help ease the pain: a new wedding ring. I wept telling the story to my daughters about the old one. Before Karen and I got married she was out of a job and had no money. She was forced by

By the Numbers: Hope Chapel Hill Country’s Weekly Attendance

Mar 9, 2014Steve Sanchez1 CommentHope Chapel Hill Country

Q: What’s the size of U.S. churches? (From the Hartford Institute for Religion Research) A: The median church in the U.S. has 75 regular participants in worship on Sunday mornings, according to the National Congregations Study. Notice that researchers measured the median church size — the point at which half the churches are smaller and