by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Jan 26, 2026 | International Church Planting
Are you bribing people to attend church? Look, I know that’s a harsh question. Your heart is probably in the right place. You genuinely want people to hear about Jesus, and you’re willing to do whatever it takes to get them through the door. I get it. But...
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Apr 26, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Leadership, Church Planting
As church planters, we always endeavor to have a level 5 church—a church that plants a church to at least the fourth generation. How do we scale and multiply effectively? How do we do it in a healthy way? The Vision: What Are We Multiplying? As we embark...
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...