I will never forget taking a potential church planting couple to a recruiting dinner in a small Midwestern town. Great time, good vibes, and when I gave the waitress my Visa card to pay, she said, “We don’t take credit cards, only cash.” Or she said, “If you don’t...
How much money does it take to plant a new church or multi-site campus? I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked that question. But, that question has no easy answer. Understanding the delicate balance between over-funding and under-funding is...
One of the big issues in most forms of church planting is money. I truly believe in the final analysis all success at some point gets down to money. It is difficult these days to raise the nearly $300,000 it will take to get a start going over three years. One idea...
After a very slow start a Japanese language church plant is doing big things. We launched our entire Japanese language department as a church plant a few years ago. They languished until the pastor moved the congregation into a large house. Then they popped. In one...
If you are starting a new church and want it to succeed, select the right lead planter. A study of church plants shows that leaders who possess particular characteristics, giftedness and determination make an exponentially greater impact within the new church...
