When groups of churches (i.e. denominations, networks, etc.) attempt to understand their collective missional...
Steve Pike
Steve Pike is the founding director of the Church Multiplication Network and led church planting for the Assemblies of God. Recently, he left the Assemblies of God leadership and became the founding director of the Urban Islands Project, a forerunner of city-focused church planting strategy. Read More About Steve Pike At His Author Page
Steve Pike Posts
Church Planting Make Believe
At the risk of sounding like an old geezer who is ticked off about modern life, I have a thought for every young...
Calculating Missional Impact
A friend of mine who pastors a church of 120 in a town of 1,000 told me about a strange encounter he had with a mega...
Preparing For A Daughter Church
Top ten things your church can do to prepare to for a daughter church or partner to start a new church: 10. Encourage...
Obstacles That Lead To Success
No matter where or how a church is being planted, obstacles are part of the story. Obstacles come in all shapes and...
Don’t Launch On Easter!
Christmas is only a day away, but for aspiring church planters preparing to launch, it’s time to think about Easter!...
Stop Building the Church
These days it seems every network or denomination is either starting a new church or telling us how to do it. Big...
Sinning and Church Planting
In recent months I’ve received way too many phone calls that go something like this: “I’m calling to let you know that...
Essential Tools For Church Planting
I planted a church back in the relative dark ages of church planting when very few formal resources existed. Planting...
Church Planting in the American Stew
A recent article in the Washington Post indicated that, based on the results of the 2010 census, for the first time...
Will Every Church Eventually Die?
Must every church eventually die? It’s a mostly unspoken reality we all live with. Every person (except for those...
Are You Asking the Wrong Question?
As long as I’ve been aware, the gold standard for measuring how a church is doing is “How many were in church last...