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Did you ever think about church planting as a result of simply giving people the dignity and value God has given them by sending his Son Jesus to the world? I am increasingly convinced that loving people is one of the best ways to share the Gospel. I call it “adding value to people.” As [...]

John Chapman, aka the legendary “Johnny Appleseed” was a missionary who reached out to native Americans in the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s. He Had Simple Tools His primary planting tool was a stick! Do you have a stick? When his current stick wore out he found a new stick. I heard recently through [...]

Hi friends, this email just came to me from a pastor who has taken the missional community bug pretty seriously over the last five years.  He’s now wrestling with a question we get asked over and over. Maybe it is something you’re wrestling with as well. Ken says, “I wanted to asked you what you [...]

We’ve all heard the church planting leads to evangelism but I don’t think that’s necessarily true. It’s evangelism that leads to people coming to Christ. It’s entirely possible to plant a church with next to no evangelism taking place. That’s not my original insight. Fifty years ago Donald McGavern said, “It’s entirely possible to come [...]

In my last entry – “Evangelism is not just relationship” I submitted that we must not hesitate to share the Gospel even if we don’t have a relationship with the person. My hope is to get people talking about the Gospel. Yes, preaching the Gospel to those we come in contact with. If we try to build a genuine [...]

Well, a public hanging might do it.  Or you could hand out money.  Or you could arrange an appearance by Lady Gaga.  Not ready for that… There are several considerations that control this critical part of a church plant.  At Tellstart, (www.tellstart.com) job one is helping new churches attract that all important crowd – or [...]

“In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.” ~William Booth (Methodist preacher in the 1800′s and founder of the Salvation Army)   This warning [...]