Attracting a Crowd To Monthly Services- Part 2 (Click here for Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4) “Mobilizing Your Launch Team To Invite Their Friends” by Andy Wood, Guest Blogger As you are planning your Monthly Services and your Launch Team is growing your next goal is to spread the word about your services through word of mouth marketing … Read More
Attracting a Crowd to Monthly Services – Part 1
I’m always on the lookout for pastors and church planters who are doing great things for God. One of my Coaching Alumni that fits that description is a church planter that I’ve had my eye on for a while and I’d like to introduce him to you today. Andy Wood is the Founding and Lead Pastor of South Bay Church … Read More
What it Takes to Launch a Multi-Site Campus…
From its earliest days, The Journey has been a multi-site church and we’ve found it to be a highly effective way to multiply our impact (in New York City and beyond). However, launching multiple campuses is neither easy nor foolproof. To that end, I’m always on the lookout for sound advice on the subject. Here’s a great article from Jim … Read More
10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Church Plant (Part 5)
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke Today we’re sharing the final post in a series on “Bootstrapping” a new church, or starting with very little (or no) outside funding. While this isn’t the ideal way to plant a church, there are a number of lessons to be learned through the process. You can read the rest of this series of … Read More
10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Church Plant (Part 4)
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke We’re looking at the lessons that can be learned in “Bootstrapping” a Church Plant (starting with little or no outside financial support). Click here to read the first, second, and third posts in this series. Here are today’s lessons: 4. FOCUS: YOU’LL STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR CHURCH’S VISION Bootstrapping will force you to drill … Read More
10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Church Plant (Part 3)
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke We’re about halfway through a new series of posts about “Bootstrapping” a Church Plant (starting with little or no outside financial support) and 10 of the lessons learned in doing so. Click here to read the first post and the second one. Here are the next two lessons: 6. MOBILIZE: YOU’LL RAISE THE VALUE … Read More
10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Church Plant (Part 2)
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke We began a new series of posts earlier this week about “Bootstrapping” a Church Plant, and the lessons learned in doing so (click here for the first post). Here are the next two lessons: 8. EXCEL: YOU’LL BE FORCED TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, BUT NOT PERFECTION If the bank account was overflowing and the … Read More
10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Church Plant (Part 1)
by Nelson Searcy and Tommy Duke You’ve probably heard the old saying, “Money makes the world go ‘round.” While those of us in ministry understand the skewed nature of this adage, one thing is for sure: Money is critical to the work we do – especially when that work involves launching a new church. Every idealistic, would-be church planter must … Read More
10 Church Planting Mistakes and the Lessons Learned
When Kerrick and I wrote Launch a couple of years ago, our goal was to share the process that we saw God bless at The Journey and in countless new churches around the country – it’s a book full of lessons learned. Some of the best Church Planting lessons are learned in the form of the mistakes made along the … Read More
Field-Tested Advice for Church Planters
I’m always on the lookout for solid church planting wisdom to include in the Church Leader Insights Newsletter (click here for your free subscription). I recently read just such an article from Jimmy Britt, a friend and coaching alumni. Jimmy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Rocky River Community Church in North Carolina and he gave me permission to … Read More