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Developing a realistic time line is essential for the new planter.  It should include all the set-up steps and preparatory spiritual work.  You must have a time line.  I have found it a good idea to make three plans and debate the three plans with your core leaders. I have found that most church planters [...]

Let me before you get started state that I think vision is helpful.  I am just not so sure it’s the panacea for all leadership woes it is often presented to be.  One of the advantages of having carried the torch for a few decades is you see so many great concepts come and go.  [...]

One of the big issues in most forms of church planting is money.  I truly believe in the final analysis all success at some point gets down to money.  It is difficult these days to raise the nearly $300,000 it will take to get a start going over three years.  One idea is to look [...]

Building and shaping your leadership team early on will determine the level of success you will have in your plant.  I didn’t understand how important it was to have a good mix of people types to succeed.  I sometimes viewed people who were not visionaries like myself as problem people. The following is a list [...]

What is a generational mashup? It happens when generations collide and integrate. We now have three generations that can likely thrive together. This wasn’t the case with previous generations. Baby Boomers had a much less affinity with their parents than generations today. In fact Gen Y’ers today enjoy interaction with Boomers. They to a great [...]

Funding a new church plant is probably the most challenging aspect of the task. We aren’t usually doing well on this front.  One option is to do a church plant that requires no or little money.  This would include beginning as a house group movement. Or, remaining as a house church movement. Another option is [...]

One of the first tasks of a church planter is to expand the leadership.  You will grow as fast as you develop leaders.  Besides communication skills this is the greatest determiner of success.  You must find protégés to mentor and release. A protégé in the origin of the word means someone who is “protected.”  I [...]