by Tom Nebel | Jan 27, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
In real life, arranged marriages can work well. In church planting, not so well. Here’s what I mean. We have neighbors who are from India, and they’re in an arranged marriage which is doing quite well. The story is interesting. He was born in America, so he’s a...
by Stephen Gray | Jan 25, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Church Planting is tough and always carries a potential of risk and catastrophic failure. So what are the top ten mistakes made by leaders as they plant new churches? These are the mistakes I have seen repeated time after time with the church planters I have trained...
by Stephen Gray | Oct 26, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Every year an estimated 4,000 churches close their doors? (That is 334 each month, 83 each week, 12 each day). Fortunately, in 2010 denominations, networks and churches, for the first time, planted more churches than closed. Every living organism has a life-cycle;...
by Ben Arment | Aug 3, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
MANY people start to pursue their dreams, but MOST people don’t achieve them. That’s my experience. Even in Dream Year. I mourn those who start strong and then flounder, give up or walk away. Here’s why they do… 1. The dream is much HARDER WORK...
by Ralph Moore | Jul 20, 2011 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
I spent the past week hanging with and coaching a church planter in trouble. It seems he called the wrong bunch when launching his church. Like so many others he went after mostly Christian families. The theory being that they offer stability. And stability is what he...
