Church Planting DON’TS – 8 Things I Wouldn’t Do Again
Some of the things I’ve learned are things I wouldn’t do again if were were planting another church. If you are planting now – or in the future – I hope these church planting don’ts are helpful.
Category: Strategy
Successful Church Planting Requires Pioneers: Do You Have Any?
To launch a successful church, you are going to need pioneers. Pioneers are the people who start these things. They want to be on the ground floor. They can see a picture of what could be and are willing to do the hard work of turning vision into reality.
3 Warning Signs You May Not Be “One Church In Multiple Locations”
When multisite strategy is done right, healthy churches reproduce more disciples of Jesus. Unfortunately, my experiences at multisite churches are rarely one unified church meeting in multiple locations.
Is Your Church Targeting A Demographic Group? Here Are 6 Reasons You Need To Stop
The days of church demographics are coming to an end. And not a minute too soon.
Why Are People Leaving Your Church: 3 Reasons
Do you know why your people are leaving church? Every church in America is going to experience people leave this year. You guys are smart, you and your leadership team could probably brain storm a long and reasonable list of reasons why people are leaving church. But do you know why people are leaving your church? It may not be for the reasons you’re thinking.
Why I’m Choosing Bi-Vocational Ministry
After 17 years of working in full-time ministry, I found myself where I never expected: working once again as a full-time public school teacher. I didn’t leave pastoring behind. I simply embraced a bi-vocational ministry.
“The Problem With My Old Church Was . . .”
I think God is blessing a movement of multiplying churches that are helping to fill the earth with the good news of Jesus. But the side effect of our multiplying efforts is applying of the same church shopping mentality we use at the mall.
Why Church Planters Should Care About Church Membership
I want to focus on just one aspect of how Scripture talks about the church—the images of the church—and consider how these metaphors support and inform our understanding church membership.
Ministry Success Might Mean “Just One More”
As you’re at work, you can live by the just one more mindset. When you think you’ve reached ministry success, is there just one more thing you can do to make it even better?
Plant or Grow? It’s All a Part of Missional Discernment
To church plant, or to grow? For some churches, this is a critical question for missional discernment.
