by Jeff Hoglen | May 8, 2023 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
Church planting comes with a fair amount of obstacles. One of the most common excuses for not planting a church is the fear of failure. Sad to say, this fear is not entirely unfounded. Various studies attest that church plants typically fail, and only a few ever have...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 16, 2023 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
In recent years, there has been an explosion of church planting activity across the globe. From North America to Asia, Africa to Latin America, churches are being planted in cities, suburbs, and rural areas at an unprecedented rate. And as these new churches take...
by John Wasem | Jan 1, 2023 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Planting
I was interviewed a few years ago by the Suncrest Church that I planted in 1994 in southeast Chicagoland for a New Year’s Sunday video. Knowing that I had been involved in entrepreneurial work since the 1980’s in church planting, seminary institutes, and in the...
by Ron Edmondson | Sep 29, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Coaching
How does a team become idle? Team idleness is a term I use to describe a team failing to move forward towards its desired goals and objectives. The term simply means things have stalled. Therefore, team idleness means for a span of time there is no – or very little –...
by Jeff Hoglen | Sep 17, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
It has been over 20 years since I first became a pastor. I’ve had the privilege of equipping many for the pastorate and others for church planting and missions. Here is some advice that I share with those who feel called into ministry: 1. Leaders are...