I’ve planted three churches. One in my early 20’s, one in my late 20’s, and my final one after I had just turned 40. I am now 53 and the funny thing about getting older is that you seem to know less than you did when you were younger. Now I know that not all [...]
January 14, 2012
John Mark: A False Positive or False Negative?
by Charles Ridley
To select or not to select? That is the question. Paul and Barnabas struggled over a critical personnel decision—whether or not to allow John Mark to rejoin them in ministry (Acts 15: 36-40). The two companions found themselves in strong disagreement. Barnabas wanted John Mark to resume as an assistant, despite his abandonment of the [...]
January 13, 2012
Do We REALLY Need To Plant More Churches?
by Geoff Surratt
Here is a question that has been bothering me a lot lately; there seems to be a new church plant in every theater and school in many towns, so do we really need more new churches? As I was reading the second chapter of Mark yesterday about Jesus’ calling Levi to be his disciple a [...]
January 12, 2012
Are Your “Wired” To Be A Church Planter?
by Aubrey Malphers
Planting a church seems like an awesome thing to do. It’s an exciting thing for many to even think about. However, one question does need to be addressed by the aspiring church planter. It’s this: Are you a church planter? What does that mean? There was a time when denominations and networks of churches got [...]
January 11, 2012
Constructing Your Team
by Doug Murren
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 [...]
January 10, 2012
Explosive Church Planting: Part 4 of 4
by Nick Boring
C4 is a famous plastic explosive that is small, moldable & extremely stable. But, throwing it against something, heating it with a flame or shooting it with a firearm cannot detonate it. It must be set off with a detonation device. Church Planting is a famous Kingdom Explosive that is small, moldable and extremely stable [...]
January 9, 2012
Doing Something New
by John Wasem
I was interviewed just before Christmas by the Suncrest Church that I planted in 1994 in southeast Chicagoland for a New Year’s Sunday video. Knowing that I had been involved in entrepreneurial work since the 80’s in church planting, seminary institutes, and in the marketplace with my wife’s company, Trim-It-Quick, I was asked what I [...]
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