by Steve Sjogren | Sep 27, 2023 | Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
No matter who you are, no matter what you do, today, you are moving toward your future at a rapid pace. There’s just one question you face – Is this the future you most highly prize? If you are like most, an accurate answer is probably, “Some days it’s a yes; other...
by Mark Batterson | Oct 22, 2018 | Church Leadership
The following is parts 6 and 7 of the article by Pastor Mark Batterson concerning recommended steps in goal setting. With the new year fast approaching, the staff at churchplanting.com hope this post will get your creative juices flowing and we pray that the next...
by Mark Batterson | Sep 4, 2018 | Church Leadership
Step #3 Get Ideas from Others Let me share the genesis of my goal setting journey. I think it was about ten years ago that I read a story about a guy named John Goddard. In 1940, when John Goddard was fifteen-years-old, he sat down on a rainy afternoon with a blank...
by Mark Batterson | Aug 21, 2018 | Church Leadership
#1 Start With Prayer A few years I read a little book by Catherine Marshall titled The Adventure of Prayer and I’ll never forget one thing she wrote. She said, “Dreaming is praying.” I think she’s right. In my experience, the more I pray the more dream. Dreaming is a...
