This Thursday you’re invited to join me on a brand new webinar just for Senior Pastors. I’m limiting spots to just the first 100 though — so I encourage you to go ahead and save yours now. This free Zoom training will focus on equipping you to lead during what I consider a dangerous time. The next few months of … Read More
Register Now for FREE Webinar: Maximizing Easter in 2021
Hey, you’re invited to sign up now for a brand new FREE Zoom training on Maximizing Easter that adapts the key principles to our current reality of meeting online, in-person or both. It’s a 90-minute training that you won’t want to miss! I suggest you reserve your seat ASAP — space is limited to just 100 spots at each of the 6 available training times. Click … Read More
3 Kinds of Church Growth
“A Church Growth principle is a universal truth which, when properly interpreted and applied, contributes significantly to the growth of churches and denominations. It is a truth of God which leads his church to spread his Good News, plant church after church, and increase his Body.” – Donald McGavran We should all have an expectation of Church Growth. McGavran talks about the … Read More
The Church Planter’s Call to a Place
“It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called home to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance” (Heb. 11:8). The call to a specific place can come as part of your original calling, or later. Generally, there is a clear correlation between who you are and the place God calls … Read More
The Church Planter’s Call to Understand His Spouse’s Call
“This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one” (Mark 10:7-8). If you are married, God will not call you without confirming the call in your spouse. Go slowly in this area and communicate clearly with your spouse … Read More
How to Know Your Calling As A Church Planter
If you have been called to start a church, not only will the calling be undeniable, but you will also be able to trust that God will equip and empower you to do the work that He sets before you. When He is the one who has chosen you, it is because He knows that you can fulfill the … Read More
The #1 Mistake Church Planters Make When Launching a New Church
Did you know– The majority of church starts fail within the first year. Why? Because the majority of church planters start churches without a clear calling from God. In order to plant a healthy church, you have to know that you are undeniably called by God. Period. So do you know for sure that God has called you to start a new Church? … Read More
How to Meet People When Planting a Church in a New Area
With the success of my book Launch and our other Church Planting Resources, we get lots of questions from church planters. One question that comes up on a regular basis comes from people who are planting in a new area, and it often sounds like this: I’m planting a church in a new area and I just don’t know anyone. … Read More
Who Are You Listening To? (Church Planting)
I’ve been focusing on Church Planting here on the blog in recent days, so I thought I’d share another concept today that’s important when you’re starting new church from scratch. Here’s the concept: Be mindful of who you’re listening to. As a church planter (especially in the pre-Launch process) it’s easy to get caught up in chasing to the latest fads, … Read More
Adventures in Spiritual Warfare (Church Planting)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in church planting, it’s to expect the unexpected. It seems like the spiritual warfare is always a little more intense when it comes to the birth of a new church. This past Sunday was no exception – we were launching The Journey Church in Boca Raton (click here for details). About a half-hour from … Read More