On Friday, I asked you to pray for us and the Grand Opening of the brand new Journey campus in Boca Raton, FL. And today I want to send out a BIG THANK YOU! God showed up in a mighty way by sending 550 people yesterday. Yep, 550 people! Needless to say, we were (and still are) blown away! Today … Read More
Prayer Request – Launching The Journey – Boca Raton this Sunday
If you’ve been reading along this week, you know that this has been “Church Planting Week” on the blog. There are a couple of reasons for that: 1) we had a huge church planting webinar on Tuesday (thanks again to the over 1,000 pastors/planters who attended), and 2) I’m in the middle of a powerful church planting week personally. As … Read More
The Key to Church Planting Success: Launch Large
Ok, its a bold title but I believe it it! Just like birth weight of a new baby is critical to his early health, ‘launching large’ is critical for a new church plant. Here’s my goal with all that I offer on Church Planting: I want to help you start a church from scratch that will reach as many people as possible, as quickly … Read More
Three Deadly Sins of Church Planting
(Before I jump into the article – a huge thanks to everyone for a great Church Planting Webinar yesterday – over 1,000 pastors/church planters on the call. I hope to do more training for church planters in the future. . . now, on with today’s post) According to Catholic church teaching, there are seven deadly sins (I once did a Big Day series on … Read More
Nine Things I Know About Church Planting
In honor of today’s webinar on Top 3 Church Planting Mistakes (you are registered, right? It’s free, click here), I want to share a summary of the Nine Things I Know About Church Planting – these lessons are from my coaching, writing and conferences with church planters – they also come out of my study of the New Testament Church. … Read More
Do We Need A Board As We Get Started? (Church Planting)
One of the questions I was unable to deal with in my church planting handbook LAUNCH: STARTING A NEW CHURCH FROM SCRATCH is the question of starting a board of directors in your new church. Here’s some great wisdom from Master Mentor Bobb Biehl – check out this 3 minute video: At The Journey, as an almost decade-old church, we still have fewer … Read More
Free Church Planting Webinar Next Tuesday – Will You Join Me?
Tuesday, February 8th 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern 1:00pm – 3:00pm Central 12:00pm – 1:00pm Mountain 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Space is Limited Register Now! Since the release of my book Launch a few years ago, I hear from a lot of church planters from all around the country and around the world. By far the most common question I hear … Read More
Two Requests for You (and a Break from the Blog)
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this weekend… Sunday is the very first monthly service of the newest campus of The Journey Church – in Boca Raton, Florida. I’m personally on the scene giving hands-on leadership to the start of this new campus and I have two quick requests for you today: 1) Please join us in … Read More
Attracting a Crowd to Monthly Services – Part 4
Attracting a Crowd To Monthly Services- Part 4 (Click here for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” by Andy Wood, Guest Blogger It’s possible to make all of right strategic moves and not have the kind of launch for your church that God desires. We’ve got to remind ourselves constantly that kingdom leadership is a … Read More
Attracting a Crowd to Monthly Services – Part 3
Attracting a Crowd To Monthly Services- Part 3 (Click here for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4) “Paint The Town” by Andy Wood, Guest Blogger When starting your Monthly Services, it should be your goal that everyone in the immediate area knows about your church and has the opportunity to respond. Don’t be the biggest secret in town! So … Read More