Church Planting, New Church Planting, Outreach
I recently returned from what is fast becoming my annual trip to Honduras. For anyone in the church planting field, Honduras is a fascinating study of rapid multiplication without much by way of resourcing. One of the church planters I met on this trip is Gerardo,...
Church Planting, Leadership, Networking
I recently had a delightful time meeting with a group of church planters and pastors who have a vision to plant churches across rural and small town areas. Now if you’re thinking of planting traditional types of churches, that can be overwhelming in a rural context....
Church Planting, New Church Planting
One of the first people who helped me understand the place of bi-vocational ministry in the future of the church was Mark Platt. He started a lot of church plants in Northern California using bi-vocational people: plumbers, piano tuners, window washers, house...
Church Planting, New Church Planting
Author Peter Drucker, in his book The Daily Drucker, coined a brilliant phrase: “the future that has already happened.” His point is that it’s not generally helpful to make predictions because we can rarely be accurate about those. The people who are really effective...
