Praying for a church Plant
As mentioned in the last post on Evangelism Prayer List, our family is participating in planting a new multi-national church in our city. I am not the lead pastor as the focus on our ministry is...
View ArticleSmall Church Transformation
The first edition of Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for the Small Membership Church was released in 1995 and was re-released and updated in December 2008. In the study Ron sought to explore...
View Article20 Must Dos Before Launching A Church
From James White, given as a hand out during a church plant conference. Write a mission statement for your church. Write a twelve-month plan of action leading up to the first public service. Write a...
View ArticleHow Paul Planted the Church in Corinth
This weekend in my devotional time, I spent time pondering how Paul planted a church in a foreign city, particularly Corinth, from Acts 18. I found several parallels to my current church planting work....
View ArticleReview: The House Church Book
Can a former taxi driver become a recognized world expert in planting house churches? Tyndale sent me the lastest volume on house churches for review: The House Church Book, by Wolfgang Simson. George...
View ArticleA pastor listens to the community
Pastor Guiermo has listened to the needs of his community. These needs form the social outreach part of his ministry to help their new church plant serve and connect with its neighbors. He’s spent time...
View ArticleIn the US, More churches are starting instead of closing
The Christian Post released a new article about the state of church planting in the United States (Source): After decades of net decline, more U.S. churches are being started each year than are being...
View ArticleTim Keller on How churches reach cities – Lausanne Capetown 2010
Here’s a 17+ minute video of Tim Keller talking at Lausanne about how you reach cities by Planting & renewing churches that are contextual to the city, Establishing citywide gospel movements By...
View Article5 Growth Lessons from Church Planting
One question that has come to me is What can a new church plant do to increase it’s membership? For the last 15 years, I’ve been involved in planting two churches. Both churches were designed for...
View ArticleChurch Planting Book Review: Church in the Making by Ben Arment
Church planting is not easy work. Ben Arment shares some lessons he has learned out of his church planting experiences in his book, Church in the Making: What Makes or Breaks a New Church Before it...
View ArticleTen Reasons To Use Your Local Coffee Shop for Your Evangelism Small Groups
I’ve had many a conversation with church planters who want to start a coffee house church members who want to start a coffee house ministry church members who want to run a coffee shop churches who...
View Article3 Keys to Church Growth — Case Study
Recently, in late July, I was in Volcán Panama, teaching evangelism training workshops at the mission base of Operation Mobilization Panama. Missionaries from 6 different countries had come to Volcán...
View ArticlePraying for a church Plant
As mentioned in the last post on Evangelism Prayer List, our family is participating in planting a new multi-national church in our city. I am not the lead pastor as the focus on our ministry is...
View ArticleSmall Church Transformation
The first edition of Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for the Small Membership Church was released in 1995 and was re-released and updated in December 2008. In the study Ron sought to explore...
View Article20 Must Dos Before Launching A Church
From James White, given as a hand out during a church plant conference. Write a mission statement for your church. Write a twelve-month plan of action leading up to the first public service. Write a...
View ArticleReview: The House Church Book
Can a former taxi driver become a recognized world expert in planting house churches? Tyndale sent me the lastest volume on house churches for review: The House Church Book, by Wolfgang Simson. George...
View ArticleTim Keller on How churches reach cities – Lausanne Capetown 2010
Here’s a 17+ minute video of Tim Keller talking at Lausanne about how you reach cities by Planting & renewing churches that are contextual to the city, Establishing citywide gospel movements By...
View Article5 Growth Lessons from Church Planting
One question that has come to me is What can a new church plant do to increase it’s membership? For the last 15 years, I’ve been involved in planting two churches. Both churches were designed for...
View ArticleChurch Planting Book Review: Church in the Making by Ben Arment
Church planting is not easy work. Ben Arment shares some lessons he has learned out of his church planting experiences in his book, Church in the Making: What Makes or Breaks a New Church Before it...
View ArticleHow Paul Planted the Church in Corinth
The Apostle Paul planted the church in Corinth. From the telling of the story in Acts 18, you can learn several church planting evangelism practices that will help you get your church started. I have...
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