by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 26, 2026 | Church Planting
Okay, so you may already know the five systems that matter: guest follow-up, discipleship pathway, leadership pipeline, volunteer development, and sending culture. You don’t need me to convince you they matter. You need a way to actually build them without... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 15, 2026 | Church Planting
Do you want to know if your church is actually becoming a sending church, or just talking about it? In this post, you’ll find Five Signs Your Church Is Becoming a Sending Church — real, practical markers you can check against your own congregation this week, not... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 2, 2026 | Church Growth, Discipleship
When we planted our church in the Philippines, God blessed us in ways we couldn’t have imagined. People began showing up almost immediately. Week after week, new faces filled the room, and before long the church was growing faster than I expected. As a church... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 9, 2026 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Years ago, Geoff Surratt wrote a post built around a proverb that framed this church planting strategy question better than anything I’ve read since: “If you want 100 tons of meat, raise elephants. If you want 1,000 tons of meat, raise rabbits.”... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Nov 24, 2025 | Church Planting
When Your Bank Account Says “No” But God Says “Go” Let me be honest with you. When I planted my first church, I didn’t have a six-figure launch budget. A wealthy sending church writing checks? Didn’t have that either. No...