by Ed Stetzer | Jan 14, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Is church planting still the most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven? I’ve been planting churches since 1988. My first church was planted in the inner city of Buffalo, New York, among the urban poor. I worked bi-vocationally as an insulation contractor...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Jun 5, 2019 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
From the editor: I found this short post from Aubrey Malphurs in our bloggers vault and thought it was a great way to get a conversation going regarding church planting and church revitalization. I like his wording better. He calls this Church Re-Envisioning. Lately,...
by Steve Pike | Jun 23, 2012 | Church Planting
A friend of mine who pastors a church of 120 in a town of 1,000 told me about a strange encounter he had with a mega church pastor about what constitutes a mega church. The mega pastor led a church of 10,000 in a town of 600,000 and told my friend that if your church...
by Steve Sjogren | Dec 30, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
When I became a church planter I had in mind pursuing a vision that would outlast my measly few decades on earth. In your remaining years are you going to piddle away opportunities by making short-term, surface changes, or are you going to commit to ushering in what...