The Great Commission and the making of disciples go hand in hand with church planting. As we go into all the world as Jesus commands, and as we make disciples, churches will be needed. We believe God works in every type, style, and flavor of “church.”
Church planters, as I have observed and personally experienced, live in a constant state of being either angry, depressed, or they are delusional. You might say, “I am neither angry nor depressed.” Delusional: “An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is not in...
Pastors and church planters are often overwhelmed with ministry. I spoke to the widow of a pastor who committed...
The book, Spider and the Starfish, begins with the story of Cortez and his conquest of the Aztecs. He was able to...
Just like human babies need all kinds of things to give them a good start in life, new baby churches need things too....
We fishers of men are the only fishermen who don’t throw any back. At least not normally… We once had a waterfront...
Teams are not a toy, yet so many leaders treat them like a personal playground. A popular leader recently tweeted...
As people come to know Jesus we form them into communities of Jesus-followers—called churches in the New Testament....
Joseph, Joshua, Gideon, and Nehemiah, four Godly leaders in the Old Testament, each faced seemingly insurmountable...
“The single most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven is planting new churches,” according to Peter Wagner...
We are in the midst of one of the best transition of our lives. My wife and I are privileged (in our mid-60s) to plant...
With the exploding predominance of social networking (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn), you have an awesome...
Trust is critical to church planting or church envisioning. The Malphurs Group (TMG) puts it this way: If they don't...
A study conducted by the Center for Missional Research in 2007 revealed two important realities about church plants....