In the gospels, eating with Jesus was surprisingly simple, and a great challenge to church planters today. Surely Jesus believed that prostitutes were sinners, yet he welcomed them to his table. He ate and drank with them.Surely Jesus understood that tax collectors, betrayed their countrymen by helping the brutal Roman occupiers in his homeland, yet…
Tony Morgan & Paul Alexander on Multisite Trends, 2020
Over the course of the past decade, I’ve talked a lot about multisite trends in church plating. If you dig around on my site, you’ll find no shortage of content on all multisite trends. Recently, Tony Morgan, the founder and lead strategist for the Unstuck Group, and I had a conversation about some things we’re…
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…
5 Ways To Deal With Insecurity as a Pastor
This post developed after talking with a young pastor overwhelmed with the responsibility he’s been given. It was his first church out of seminary. His church expects a lot from him – leading the church, preaching great messages, visiting the sick (and the well), managing a budget, and seeing the baptistry consistently in use –…
Worship Multitracks for Church Plants
Recently my wife and I started off on a new adventure. We are planting a church. This is my 3rd church plant and this was the first time I didn’t have musicians for the new church. Before I could always lead worship myself if I had to. However as I have gotten older, my skills…
10 Mistakes Novice Preachers Make
Over the years I’ve coached dozens of novice preachers. It usually takes years of development and practice to become a really good preacher. Along the way, there are numerous mistakes to overcome. The following is a list of the top ten mistakes that, in my observation, are the most common. If you’re struggling with any…
