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Only God can cause a church planting movement, but having wholly affirmed this, let’s acknowledge that some things help release movement and other things impede it. There are core spiritual components like serious prayer, the centrality of Scripture, obedience to Christ, and abundant gospel seed sowing. Missionary principles seem critical too, such as indigenous lay [...]

If you’ve planted a church, and you’re honest with yourself, really honest, you might admit things have not turned out quite like you had planned. While others around you seem to be doing great things for God – baptizing, adding services, etc., you may still be struggling to figure things out. You’re not alone.   I’ve been in [...]

When people ask about church, one of the first questions is, “What kind of ministries do you offer?” For better or for worse, the term “ministry” has come to mean, “a program that will meet my needs.” This connotation is an unfortunate distortion of what Christian-ministry should be about. My way around this misperception is to simply offer no [...]

I quaked. Whenever I neared her classroom, fear and trepidation besieged me. My reaction was autonomic, full of emotions I could not control. Whenever she called on another student, I breathed a deep sigh of relief. For the moment, hallelujah, I was not the one who was put on the hot seat. Have you ever [...]

As a Church Planter, there are certain built in big days that give you a great increase in numbers, but sometimes leave you feeling empty the week after.  For example, Easter can be one of those days.  People go to church on Easter!  They come to your church, the numbers swell.  The fact is with [...]