Church Planting, New Church Planting
To me, organic means “alive,” a recognition of the reality that the church is a living organism, not an institution. It’s a much more 1st-century approach to church. An organic church is alive and growing– it doesn’t necessarily...
Church Planting, New Church Planting
We’ve been going through the book of Acts recently in our church gathering. It’s been interesting to take another look at Paul’s church planting strategy. He was seeking to make disciples, so he’d go to the synagogue where he would find God-fearing gentiles who were...
Church Planting, New Church Planting
We talk plenty about church planting (at least I do). But I wonder sometimes if the more accurate term might be “church finding.” Missionary Paul Okken was once looking over a huge valley inhabited by many tribal people. He was an evangelist by gift and calling and...
Church Planting, New Church Planting
I was recently at a meeting with key church planting leaders from multiple denominations. One of the thoughts raised at that meeting was that we are operating out of two false assumptions in starting churches: 1.) We need to have land and a building as a prerequisite....
Church Development, Church Planting, Developing, Leadership, New Church Planting
If you expect your church plant to grow beyond your own personal capacity to lead others, you absolutely need to develop leadership in your church. There are two elements to this challenge: developing people and developing the organization. The people development side...
