I remember one of Ron Myer's blog posts from 2019. It was titled "The God Factor." Here is a snippet from that post: "In life’s many challenges, sometimes we forget the God factor. I call it the God factor because it is God showing up in the middle of life’s situations and doing the [...]
Here is sneak peak early footage as we were learning to shoot a video cast. In this episode Larry Kreider & Merle Shenk talk about the value of Catalyst Relationships for church leaders, aspiring leaders and church planters. There is a synergy that happens with these types of relationships is a great thing to see [...]
Third base - Finances If you missed the first three posts preceding this one in our baseball analogy check them out here, here and here. Third base is the financial base. God’s plan to finance the local church is through the tithes (10%) and offerings (Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 23:23). However, when a church is being [...]
Second base - Prayer Last week we talked about the first base in our baseball analogy being Training. If you missed it check it out here. Second base is the prayer base. You must break through the spiritual strongholds in the potential church planting area. You need a team of dedicated prayer partners/intercessors who will [...]
Cover your bases before launching out to plant a church Last week we looked at the importance of being sent from a home base. If you missed it check it out here. Today we will look at the first base in our baseball analogy for church-planting. First base - Training First base is the training/preparation [...]
Cover your bases before launching out to plant a church This teaching contains basic principles, not laws. Many sincere church planters and missionaries, after a few years of pioneering, seem to hit a brick wall. They are praying and believing, yet something does not seem to be working the way they anticipated. There are spiritual [...]
Larry Kreider has lived discipleship for over 40 years. I was privileged to have a great conversation with Larry unpacking how to practically do discipleship. Larry talks about what making disciples looks like, how it fits with evangelism, leadership and church planting. Never miss a resource that we post! Subscribe to our Blog! https://youtu.be/2u73zkssvv8 For more [...]
Never miss a resource that we post! Subscribe to our Blog! Tim Wenger is the leader of The Hive Micro-church network in Oregon, USA. In this online interview Tim unpacks what it was like in the early days of The Hive when his board sold their houses and all moved together on mission the start planting [...]
The Principle of Empowerment I have heard Larry Kreider and others say that one of the biggest encouragements for new leaders is when someone believes in them as a leader. I know this has been true in my life and true for many of the leaders that I have walked with. When someone believes in [...]
Resource Alert Today I would like to pause from our normal posting format to let you know about something that I think would be great for every church planter to attend. DOVE International is hosting a Elders and Church Leadership Seminar this coming November 23, 2019. Not only will this be good for the primary church planter [...]