Bob Franquiz, guest blogger: #2 – An Unclear Vision – Churches that aren’t sure why they exist tend to simply find out what another church’s passion is and adopt that as their vision. The problem with trying to take someone else’s vision is the same problem with as trying to date another man’s wife: she’s already taken. Taking another church’s … Read More
Church Pitfalls (Part 1)
Bob Franquiz, guest blogger: When we started Calvary Fellowship in 2000, we made so many mistakes. This week I’m going to share a few of those. #1 – Conference “Confusion” – This is a illness that church planters (and many young pastors) get. They go to a conference and get really excited about the host church, the speakers, and the … Read More
What’s the Best Launch Date for a New Church?
This is a question we recently received through the Ask Nelson button on the right: What’s the Best (and Worst) Launch Date for a New Church? Kerrick Thomas, Executive Pastor at The Journey and co-author of Launch: Starting a New Church From Scratch answers it: Here are the top 3 best times to launch a new church: (1) February (usually … Read More
Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Raise Funds
On Monday, I said that there are two abilities that predetermine the success of a church planter. They are: 1 – The ability to recruit a worship leader. (See my post from yesterday.) 2- The ability to raise funds. Let’s talk about the second ability today. If a church planter is unable to raise funds before starting weekly services, I … Read More
Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Recruit a Worship Leader
Yesterday, I said that there are two abilities that predetermine the success of a church planter. The first one is: The ability to recruit a worship leader. I honestly don’t know why this is true, but I’ve seen it play out hundreds of times. (I’ve personally trained over 3000 church planters and we have coached over 100 church planters in … Read More
What Determines A Church Planter’s Success?
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is,“Is it possible to predetermine whether or not a church planter will be successful?” Here’s the answer: There are two abilities that predetermine a church planter’s success: 1- The ability to recruit a worship leader 2- The ability to raise funds If a church planter doesn’t demonstrate these two abilities by … Read More
Launch Conference is coming to Atlanta on September 30!
The One-Day Launch Conference is coming to Atlanta on Tuesday, September 30. I just found out that my schedule will allow me to be there, so I’ll be co-leading the conference with Bob Franquiz, founding pastor of Miami Fellowship in Miami, FL. During this event, we will teach you: – The best launch dates (and the worst!) – The most … Read More
Debate versus Denigrate
Yesterday I read an article by someone disagrees with some of my ideas about church planting (launching large, building the church from the outside in, etc.). He wrote a great article and made some great points that offered alternatives to my views. I actually wrote him and congratulated him on his analysis while clarifying some of my own positions. We … Read More
Q & A: How To Read More
Got this question from Church Planting Coaching Network Alumni Mike Sorcinelli (New Day Church – www.newdaychurch.cc ) in Longmeadow, MA: “I really want to be a reader but it literally took me 6 hours + to read your book “Fusion”, which is a short book. It’ll take me almost a month to read “Planting Missional Churches” (I’m about half way … Read More
Hanging with Church Planters
Today Kerrick and I will be leading a one day Launch conference based on our Church Planting book of the same name. The event will be here in NYC. We have a full house coming from all over the US. If you have a moment, please pray for us! There’s nothing more exciting than hanging with a group of fired … Read More