by Bob Logan | Jun 14, 2013 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
As people come to know Jesus we form them into communities of Jesus-followers—called churches in the New Testament. These are disciple-making communities where people engage all the functions of the church: worshipping, edifying one another, serving together, using...
by Ralph Moore | Aug 20, 2012 | Church Planting
Last week I shared breakfast with a planter of unusual churches. He’s a former member of our staff who resigned because he felt God called him to “pastor” a company in the wake of a mass murder on their premises. His first week was notable. He arrived early one day to...
by Nick Boring | Nov 10, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Community There are 4 components that will set off Explosive Church Planting. It starts with “Call” and moves to Community. There is power in numbers; 1 + 1 is not 2! It is at least 3 every time, when dealing with people. Amy, my wife, plus me, equals Amy and Nick...
by Tom Nebel | Sep 27, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
The NFL season is back, and I attended the inaugural game Thursday night, September 8, when the Green Bay Packers hosted the New Orleans Saints. Our family has had season tickets at Lambeau Field forever. I saw something during that game, and maybe you did, too,...
by Geoff Surratt | Sep 13, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
I heard an amazing talk recently by Dr. Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts and Community Development Director of the Chalmers Center. His basic premise was that when we try to help the poor without having a proper definition of poverty we often do more harm...
