Brandon Greeson

Pastor. Consultant. Advocate.

Welcome to BrandonGreeson.com!

I'm Brandon. Feel free to read my story, but basically I'm a guy who is in passionate pursuit of Christ. I live in Hickory, North Carolina where, with the help of some friends, I'm planting a new church - a community where grace abounds for the hurting, the lost and the confused in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. I also provide creative design services to churches, non-profits and small businesses. I'd love to hear from you so feel free to hit me up.

My Most Recent Blog Posts:

How He Loves (Video)

Video courtesy of Jefferson Bethke based on the song “How He Loves” by the David Crowder Band.

Code Orange Revival Continues

One week tomorrow, Pastor Steven Furtick at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC launched an unprecedented twelve-day revival he has called Code Orange Revival. Last night was day six of the revival. Furtick is bringing in some of the most anointed and respected ministers in the Church today, to minister to literally THOUSANDS of people on six (6) different continents.

There is no mistake that people are hungry for God and Furtick’s following of God’s voice was on mark for the start of 2012. Since I originally posted the announcement for Code Orange, I have had more than 20,000 people log-on to my website searching for information. The response has been out-of-this-world.

Urgent Prayer & Action Alert: Burke County Tornadoes

For those of you from the Western NC area, you have probably heard about the tornadoes that touched down the evening of Wednesday, January 11th in Burke & Rutherford counties in North Carolina. The storm has devastated dozens of homes — leaving as many as 50 families without housing, clothing or any place to call home.

I drove by the area today to survey the damage myself and I was absolutely breathless. Entire homes have been entirely demolished. Horrific stories are being told of those trapped in their homes following the storm, those tossed around in mobile homes and stories of decade-old homes that has seen the rearing of several generations of family members being totally destroyed.

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus (Video)

This video is AMAZING and I just have to share it. I have taken the liberty to also transcribe it for you:

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus
By Jefferson Bethke

What if I told you Jesus came to abolish religion? What if I told you voting Republican really wasn’t His mission? What if I told you Republican doesn’t automatically mean Christian; and just because you call some people blind doesn’t automatically give you vision?

Do You Represent Christ Well?

So on Tuesday, I posted an article encouraging pastors and church leaders to proof-read their material before “taking it live.” Some of you have asked that I elaborate a bit more on what I mean by “represent Christ well.” So this article’s focus is on that — putting your best foot forward.

Putting your best foot forward is, in my opinion, one of the most important things the Church must do in reaching the unchurched and those “far from God.” As I highlighted in the previous article, God gave His best in the form of His only Son — Jesus — so we at least owe our best to Him.

Proof It Before You Publish It!

Those of you who know me best, know one of my talents is spotting spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. One thing that I cannot stand is to see the Church represented so poorly by carelessness – especially when it is something as simple as taking time to proofread before you publish.

I have colleagues that regularly ask me to proof documents and material for them, before they release something publicly. This is one step that anyone can do to keep yourself from looking… well, just plain stupid.

Are You Ready For Code Orange Revival?

For those of you who follow Pastor Steven Furtick and Elevation Church, you probably know by now that tomorrow starts the beginning of a twelve-day revival. Growing up, I can remember once (or maybe twice) a year, my church always held a “revival” and I really don’t know why. The revival was about as annual as our “homecoming” service.

Having said that, Pastor Steven says that the Lord gave him the vision for Code Orange in the fall of last year. It’s something that his team has not had a lot of time to prepare for, and it’s simply his following of the Holy Spirit. One day the Lord spoke to him and he responded by making a list of the 12 most powerful preachers that he knew – tomorrow is the culmination of that endeavor.

Church Online Platform Now Live!

It is now official, LifeChurch.tv has released their amazing online ministry platform for churches and ministries worldwide to reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The platform went live just shortly after 2pm EST today. I had previously blogged about the platform here and here.

The new website – ChurchOnlinePlatform.com – that launched today, replaces the former ChurchOnline.org platform that the creative team at LifeChurch.tv has had in closed beta testing for over a year.

ChurchOnline.org Platform Launches Today

Today is the day that we have been waiting for, some of us for what seems like a decade. The creative team over at LifeChurch.tv is set to release their ChurchOnline.org platform worldwide sometime today. We really don’t know what to expect with the launch, other than the details provided by LifeChurch.tv creative guru, Bobby Gruenewald:

“…it will be the same technology that we currently use at live.lifechurch.tv. It can be branded as your church and you will be responsible for the video stream (we support many providers) but all of the interactivity and the back-end that we use is what it will be. We are using the exact platform that will be made available…”

The Dalai Lama Is Right

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered:

“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

The Dalai Lama, in this context, is right. In John 10:10-11, Christ said: “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”