by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Mar 9, 2026 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Years ago, Geoff Surratt wrote a post built around a proverb that framed this church planting strategy question better than anything I’ve read since: “If you want 100 tons of meat, raise elephants. If you want 1,000 tons of meat, raise rabbits.”... 
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Nov 24, 2025 | Church Planting
When Your Bank Account Says “No” But God Says “Go” Let me be honest with you. When I planted my first church, I didn’t have a six-figure launch budget. A wealthy sending church writing checks? Didn’t have that either. No... 
by Steve Sjogren | Jan 13, 2021 | Church Planting
Question: How can you start a church with zero resources and zero members? Steve Sjogren shares about “lean church planting. Starting a church with zero resources and zero members can be challenging, but here are some steps you can follow: Build a strong... 
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Aug 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Prior to March 11, my wife and I went to the cinema almost every Friday. Thankfully, we mostly have the same taste in movies, so we saw a lot of action and adventure, some mystery, an occasional sci-fi, some rom-coms, and even a few Hallmark wannabe’s. A bucket of... 
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Jun 3, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church
Getting Started Many churches start in homes or coffee shops. Sometimes these were intentional and other times a simple Bible study morphed into a church meeting. Needless to say, the micro church/house church model is by far the easiest to start and even duplicate....