Recently I have been helping a young church planter who is in the process of starting a Mandarin speaking congregation...
Linda Bergquist
Linda Bergquist has been planting churches for 30 years, working first as a planter then as a mentor, teacher and urban strategist. She also teaches as an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA. Linda lives in San Francisco with her husband, Eric. Read More About Linda Bergquis At Her Author Page
Linda Bergquist Posts
The Wholehearted Church Planter
Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, is recalled as one of history’s most devoted followers of Jesus, and an...
Planting Churches Out of the Whole Character of God
The Missional Church movement, in which I really believe, emphasizes that starting churches (and all other missionary...
New Church Baby Showers
Just like human babies need all kinds of things to give them a good start in life, new baby churches need things too....
How To Decide Where To Plant Churches
While this post may be useful for individual church planters, it is really intended for either churches that are...
Bring on the Green
Thinking about green everything today, thanks to Saint Patrick’s Day, and decided to write about how even new churches...
Considering Core Values
The core values of a new church help form the foundation of who and what the church is about. They help clarify the...
A Few Good Resources for Global-Local Church Planting
Two recent books have been particularly useful to me as one who cares about engaging local church planting from a...
The Art & Spirit of Church Planter Assessments
O.K. I confess. I am an obsessive assessor. Almost as soon as I meet people I pop the questions, “So tell me, have you...
What You Don’t Need to Know to Start a Church
My first church planting experience was 32 years ago on an Apache reservation in Arizona. I was a few months old as a...
Thoughts On The Multisite Church Movement From A Church Planting Strategist
A new article released by Leadership Network claims that there are now over 5,000 multisite churches in North America,...
Church Planting from a Female Perspective
Church planting has been in my bones for over thirty years, but I have been female for twice that amount of time. It...