by Linda Bergquist | Jan 17, 2013 | Church Planting
Two recent books have been particularly useful to me as one who cares about engaging local church planting from a global perspective. One is JD Payne’s Stranger Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission. This 2012 publication explores the evangelistic...
by Phil Spry | Jul 19, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
One common denominator in each of our eight church plants has been the age of the people who came. In one church after a couple of years we had just twelve high school kids – but we had 150 kids between kindergarten and sixth grade. Our young parents were just...
by Steve Pike | Mar 27, 2012 | Church Planting
Top ten things your church can do to prepare to for a daughter church or partner to start a new church: 10. Encourage your intercessors to form a prayer team focused on praying for new church plants. 9. Invite an outside consultant to help you ascertain the...
by Linda Bergquist | Mar 17, 2012 | Church Planting
I am self-professed demographic geek. By seventh grade I was already analyzing and interpreting people groups and communities. Nothing like winding down the evening with a few good info-graphics, right? Laugh away — My sociology training left me with an orientation...
by Charles Ridley | Mar 14, 2012 | Church Planting
The formal assessment of candidates for church planting is now well established. A number of organizations and individuals specialize in this area of ministry. They use such tools as personality tests, interviews, assessment centers, self-report instruments, and...