by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today, I want to talk about church replanting. It’s all about breathing new life into struggling congregations. You know, that process where we take a church that’s on life support and give it a fresh start, transforming it from barely hanging on to...
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Apr 24, 2024 | Church Health, Church Leadership
Launching a church can feel similar to starting a tech company. The initial excitement is palpable. Ideas are plentiful and the team is agile. Yet, as the start-up phase ends, the real challenge begins. Now, the focus shifts from high-energy launches to strategic,...
by Brian Davis | Jan 15, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Planting
There are lots of opinions about what a local church should look like, but at its CORE, the local church is a body of believers who “should” have the goal of effectively reaching people who don’t have a relationship with God and making their faith-journey as easy as...
by Ed Stetzer | Jan 10, 2024 | Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism, Small Church / Rural Church
MISSIONARY IDENTITY The reality is, Christians are interlopers. We are strangers and foreigners. As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary identity than we are by our national identity, our political identity, our environmental...
by Jeff Hoglen | Dec 6, 2023 | Church Health, Church Planting
Let’s talk about something near and dear to my heart – starting a new church. It’s not just about having a big vision or a lot of faith (although those are super important); it’s also about getting down to the nitty-gritty of planning and...