by Artie Davis | May 13, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
All of us who lead in a church understand the cost of doing ministry, the financial cost that is. We know our budgets and the limits of what we can afford or not afford. However, many pastors and church leaders are allowing some intangible costs to rob them now, and...
by Steve Sjogren | May 5, 2018 | Church Leadership
When We Fake It We Look Goofy – Even Freakish My grandma from Paris, Texas was full of colorful expressions. She didn’t so much speak English – she communicated in one metaphor after another. One of my favorites was: “He was a lot like a cat standing on...
by Steve Pike | Nov 23, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
My taste buds expected to feel the cold, tasty coco rush of rich chocolate ice cream. Instead, they were shocked by the warm, grainy thud of beef liver pate. Disappointing? Very. Most church planters seem to be wired to expect chocolate ice cream when they’re...
by Linda Bergquist | Oct 18, 2012 | Church Planting
My first church planting experience was 32 years ago on an Apache reservation in Arizona. I was a few months old as a Christian, and on my second mission trip. The Apache pastor prayed about starting a church in an area of the reservation where there were no churches,...
by John Wasem | Oct 11, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Maintain absolute integrity by humbling yourself before God every day and practicing honesty without compromise in all circumstances. Know your church planting and leadership “stuff”. Do not depend on your natural charisma or relational “charm” or highly dominant...
