Why Plant New Churches?
Why Plant New Churches Tim Keller, who for many years pastored Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York once wrote; “The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for 1) [...]
Questions I wish I knew to ask
Questions that I wish I knew to ask. Recently I was asked to speak about church planting. As I sat down to put my thoughts on the computer, I was taken back on my own [...]
Laughter Heals
I was driving down the road a number of months ago contemplating a number of challenging situations I was then currently facing. Was I making the right choice, was I doing the right thing? [...]
Locating, Growing and Incorporating Intercessors for Your Ministry
Locating, Growing and Incorporating Intercessors for Your Ministry Incorporating those who pray over you and your vision for church planting seems like a no brainer. But how do you identify these persons and better [...]
Don’t Stop Pouring
Don’t Stop Pouring In Steve Backlund’s book “Help I’m a Pastor” he talks about pastors not trying to grow big churches but rather growing “Big People”. Many leaders spend a lot of time developing the [...]
A Work in Progress
Church planting, like any other future vision, is a work in progress. For those who think the process is taking entirely too long, I invite you to look at the prophet Habakkuk where he talks [...]