My friend David Putman had a great post recently on some of the most common mistakes that church planters make. With his permission, here’s a re-print of it: Common Mistakes Church Planters Make Research has varied when it comes to the number of churches planted that don’t survive. I have seen reports that suggest failure rates as high as eighty percent … Read More
Q & A – Re-Launch
Hi, it’s Kerrick Thomas again – Executive and Teaching Pastor at The Journey and co-author of Launch. Nelson asked me to share my answer to this recent question about re-launching a church: Q: I recently came across your book “Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch,” and was hoping for some assistance. I have recently become the pastor of an … Read More
Q & A – Best Launch Date?
It’s Kerrick Thomas here again, Executive Pastor and Teaching Pastor at The Journey and the co-author of Launch and Activate with Nelson. He asked me to share this recent answer to a question from Launch: Q:You guys said in Launch that when launching Journey, looking back you would have rather launched in February instead of in Easter as you did. … Read More
Four Loves of a Church Planter #4
Today is the final installment of “The Four Loves of a Church Planter.” You can find the first three here: Love #1, #2, and #3. Successful church planters love the… PEOPLE IN THEIR CHURCH I talked last week about the importance of loving your city and the people of your city, but today I’m talking specifically about the people in … Read More
Four Loves of a Church Planter #3
Today is the third installment of posts called “The Four Loves of a Church Planter.” You can find the first two here: Love #1 and Love #2. Successful church planters love their… CITY This is something I have noticed time and time again. The most successful church planters I know really love their city! They think it’s the best place … Read More
Four Loves of a Church Planter #2
Last week I kicked off a series of posts called “The Four Loves of a Church Planter.” Here’s a link to the first post in case you missed it: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/blog/2009/04/02/the-four-loves-of-a-church-planter-1/ The next love of a successful church planter is their (drumroll please)… SPOUSE We have all read and spoken about the painful and damaging ravages of divorce, and how the … Read More
The Four Loves of a Church Planter #1
This morning I’d like to start a new series of posts about something I have been thinking about for a while. In coaching, training, and observing hundreds of church planters over the years, I have noticed a few things that all successful church planters have in common. It’s not going to be a series of posts about worship styles, haircuts, … Read More
Church Planting Q & A – Post-Launch
I’m wrapping up a series of Church Planting Q & A’s today that I started a couple of weeks ago. I hope you’ve enjoyed this Q & A series as much as I have. And THANK YOU to all who joined me for the Launch Conference in Baltimore last week. I love to hear and answer questions from church planters, … Read More
Church Planting Q & A – First Baptism
I “launched” a series of church planting Q & A’s last week in celebration of springtime here on my blog and in preparation for tomorrow’s LAUNCH Conference in Baltimore. Here’s today’s question… Q: We only launched our new church a few weeks ago we and we already have close to 20 people who’ve indicated a first time decision to follow … Read More
Church Planting Q & A – Launch in Different Cultures
Here’s today’s church planting Q & A: Q: I planted a multi-ethnic church in Seattle area about 8 years ago and it’s going well. God now has relocated me to plant a church in Los Angeles area but it is a Korean speaking church. I’m contemplating attending the one-day Launch Conference in Baltimore on March 17th. Before I make a … Read More