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Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend to think there are more than 14. I would assume that there are some churches started that were not necessarily mentioned as churches in the NT. For instance there is no mention of [...]

Do you know the feeling when a church plant gets stuck? I do! You start to question your calling and your ability to grow a church. After having processed your own feelings, you start to look at things more objectively. This happened to me in Berlin. After having planted for several years without doing a [...]

Is hospitality a lost art?  Has “We’d love to have you come over to our home” been replaced by “Let’s eat out.”  Is communicating by e-mail, FB or twitter how we reach out to new people who have visited our new church plant?  Maybe it’s time to connect on a more personal level. When we [...]

The NFL season is back, and I attended the inaugural game Thursday night, September 8, when the Green Bay Packers hosted the New Orleans Saints.  Our family has had season tickets at Lambeau Field forever.  I saw something during that game, and maybe you did, too, that reminded me of the collegiality we need to [...]

It’s difficult to determine the viability of a church plant from early on. In fact, sometimes it takes several years to get a clear bead on what God is up to with a church plant. We can become distressed at initial signs that seem to indicate we are failing such as no one is showing [...]

Years ago, studies circulated that showed that new churches tended to be more evangelistic than older, more established ones. The axiom followed, “The greatest form of evangelism is the planting of new churches.” The fruit of this has been the proliferation of new churches across America. The question in the West is this: Why hasn’t the number [...]

In recent months I’ve received way too many phone calls that go something like this: “I’m calling to let you know that ‘Joe Churchplanter’ has had a moral failure and is stepping away from ministry.” Here are some guiding principles and proactive steps you can take to help keep your name out of that sentence. [...]