Orbiting works for a while but never takes us anywhere new. What does your church need to do today in order to get back into church launch phase?
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5 Practices of Strategic Leaders
Leaders often know where they are and where they desire to go but have a difficult time getting there. We need to develop strategic leaders.
Ideation: Our Great Need for the “New Normal”
Ideation is the act of forming ideas. Its main purpose is to move ideas from conception to implementation. It seeks to create clarity and a pathway for actualization. It also cares enough to invest time and resources necessary to implement well. Ideation may embrace lean, but it doesn’t compromise mission. Ideation can be both exciting and…
Planting Churches in a College Town: 3 Reasons
Here at the SummitChurch we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of the most bittersweet realities of planting churches is sending out your best leaders. One of the greatest benefits is getting to learn from them along the way. So we decided…
Technology: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
I’m fascinated as I watch folks using technology across the social spectrum. I see folks at the airport fumbling with getting their boarding pass on their phone, I see folks at the checkout line trying to use Apple Pay, I see folks at the gas station trying to get the pump to accept their payment…
Implementing Ideation: Think Big, Start Small, Keep Moving
Ideation is the act of forming ideas. Its main purpose is to move ideas from conception to implementation. It seeks to create clarity and a pathway for actualization. It also cares enough to invest time and resources necessary to implement well. Ideation may embrace lean, but it doesn’t compromise mission. Ideation can be both exciting and…
