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When talking about planting in Small Town USA. I am often asked, “Why even go there?” I have 3 main reasons for planting in this vital neck of the woods: a) a biblical reason, b) a practical reason, and c) a cultural reason. Let me deal with the first one here, a biblical reason. You’re [...]

Trust is critical to church planting or church envisioning. The Malphurs Group (TMG) puts it this way: If they don’t trust you, you can’t lead them! An advantage the church planter has over the church revitalizer is that people grant you a high degree of trust up front. They in effect are joining you, unlike [...]

If my son were starting a church this weekend… and he came to me and asked, “Dad, what are the most important things I need to know?” I would think, “Man, this is my BOY! He has got to get this right.” I would pray a minute, ask him to take out his iPad, and [...]

Not that long ago my wife and I were sitting in our kitchen, preparing a nice family dinner. Suddenly our doorbell rang. Going to the door we saw Ghebremariam, a 38 year old woman from Eritrea who works for Mariam. Ghebremariam is a refugee from Eritrea, a neighboring country to Ethiopia. She had to leave three [...]

…by the time it’s 12 months old Don’t take yourselves too seriously You are important to God. Isn’t it enough to know that without the need to prove it all the time? Walk in humility. Obey. Keep in step with the Spirit. Outreach is your lifeblood It’s tempting to settle in on the point of [...]

We stopped to get a hamburger the other night.  While debating what to have on my Whopper Jr., the lady pointed out, “Have it your way, this is Burger King.”  Isn’t that great, I thought.  Wouldn’t life be grand if I could have it “my way” all the time, even some of the time? The [...]

This week is the one-year birthday of our site. It’s been quite a year at that – much more productive than any of us behind the scenes anticipated when we launched 12 months ago. Consider some of the stats: 40,000 distinct visitors! Visitors from 174 countries! (we didn’t know there were than many countries – [...]