by Brian Jones | Aug 16, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
I’ll never forget sitting down with a seasoned church planter from another denomination who received my direct mail and offered to take me out to lunch for extra encouragement. I proudly laid before him my mission, vision, values, strategy, and a host of other things...
by Neil Cole | Aug 1, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Discipleship, Featured
Christ comes first. He then commands us into His mission. The byproduct of our mission is His kingdom spread on earth via the building of His church. As much as I value church planting, I have come to realize that we should stop planting churches. We should plant...
by Steve Sjogren | May 12, 2022 | Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
In almost every city across the US huge efforts are being made to plant churches. In the Greater Tampa area, there were close to 100 plants launching at the same time. Can you say Plethora? I’m not sure how much enduring fruit will be born from all of this invested...
by Mark Batterson | Mar 28, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
We naturally gravitate toward what is familiar. Once we find a place to sit, we’ll sit there every time. Once we find a favorite dish, we’ll stop trying new things on the menu. Once we get into a routine, it’s next to impossible to get out of it. As the old adage...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Mar 10, 2022 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Uncategorized
Ray is twenty-seven years old and works in IT at the local university. He’s been married for three years and he and Jessica just had a baby girl a couple of months ago. Life is pretty good for Ray and Jessica. They own their home – well, the bank owns it, but they...