Two of the biggest challenges for church planters is raising a launch team and raising funds. The third most significant problem is finding staff with little to no resources. If you are moving across the country to plant, how is this even possible? Financially...
Funding a new church plant is probably the most challenging aspect of the task. We aren’t usually doing well on this front. One option is to do a church plant that requires no or little money. This would include beginning as a house group movement, or remaining as a...
We spend a lot of time worrying about stuff we have no control over. The economy is a GREAT example. Too many waste too much time in worry and fear about the future and the future of their money. For those of us who are Christ-followers, there is no precedent for this...
There is a lot of talk today about making disciples. And rightfully so. Jesus never commissioned us to go to the ends of the earth to constructing buildings; He never commissioned us to provide programs or even produce moving times of worship. Instead, He called us...
Commitment to the cause is a huge issue for any newly planted church. Due to the “newness” of your circumstances you may find yourself in a revolving-door to some degree. People very often come visit for a few weeks before making up their mind whether to join you or...