Don’t Let Them Die! Give Them This!
Vision isn’t just something good for leaders to have, it’s a must! Proverbs says it pretty clearly…
Without vision people DIE.
They won’t follow a leader...
Do You Need to Re-Launch Your Church Plant?
I spend as much time or more coaching those planters who are almost ready to give up or close down their churches due to...
Put to the Test: Gideon’s Case for Behavioral Assessment
Have you ever made a bad hiring decision? Enthusiastically selected someone to a responsible position, only to watch the decision cascade into a disaster?...
12 Things to Know… Within The First 12 Months
By the time your church is 12 months old, you should know these 12 things.
1) Don’t take yourselves too seriously
You are important to God....
Church Multiplication Without Restraint
A few years ago I spent a week teaching disciple-making and church multiplication to pastors in Thailand.
On that trip I met a man, with...
Online Giving For the “Average” Size Church
At Churchplanting.com, we know that churches come in all sizes and "flavors." Knowing the average church size in America is 75 or less, I...
Crash Course In Leadership
Church planting pastors usually experience a painful crash course in leadership. Very few seminaries teach this well and very few churches model this well....
Stay the Course: Keeping a Church Evangelistically Focused after the Launch
The marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger who was sent from the Battle of Marathon to Athens—26 miles away—to inform the Greeks...
Why We Need a Church Planting Manifesto
We make statements every day. Most are quite unassuming—small facts needed to navigate life, maintain a healthy marriage, or keep our jobs. Other times...
Divine Appointments
Proverbs 16:9 is one of my favorite promises:
“In his heart a man plans his course, but God orders His footsteps.”
I’ve circled it for years!
I also love...
What Should I know About Church Vision?
Vision. We all talk about it. Its importance, it’s power, it’s ability to draw people and resources. But some lessons associated with church vision...
Preparing For Guests
I have a very foundational belief that no guest enters a church, whether a conventional church structure or an unconventional gathering place, by happenstance.
Rather,...
Church Planter Assessment, Ridleys 13 Characteristics and Test
What does it take to be an effective church planter?
Dr. Charles Ridley conducted a study of church planters in the United States and Canada....
Michelangelo’s Haunting Uncertainty
For years I’ve had to take a deep breath whenever anyone asked me what I did for a living. I knew that as soon...
Learn To Delegate Influence
Learning to not only delegate work but influence is one of the most inspiring tasks of a church planter and good leader.
After having poured...
Very Good Church Planting News
I’ve spent my adult life making disciples and multiplying churches. That has often been a lonely road to walk.
For years the general attitude in...
Three Church-Planting Practices That Need To Die
Over the years, I’ve seen lots of great church-planting practices, and many not-so-great ones. Too many churches open and then close too often because...
Trends in Church Planting
In this quick video, Steve Sjogren speaks on the topic of trends and mindsets within church planting. Do you have to have a large...
The Master Carpenter’s Blueprint for Making Disciples
What is the relationship between making disciples and carpentry? To those who are unfamiliar with the Gospels, there is no apparent relationship. To those...
