Having been in this field of church planting for a long time, I have seen and experienced and been a part of that changing landscape. In my experience, I’ve seen the process of reaching people for Christ becoming more and more relational. It’s a...
This morning I have an entry from guest blogger John Amandola: “I like the good feeling that I got when I came to church today. I am a spiritual person.” I was enjoying my conversation with a young man who was visiting our church plant this week. He is a grad student...
One of the hindrances we have in church life is that we focus on fellowship as a priority. The result is an inward focus. We become myopic and don’t go on mission. We feel we need to get better and have a closer fellowship before we can go on mission. Yet if we...
There’s not enough money in the world to keep doing church the way we’ve been doing it. If you calculate the unchurched population, then you calculate how many more churches are needed and what each church would cost, there literally is not enough money in the world...
Note: This is part of a series that started with the March 28 post. House churches are like a farmer’s market. Each stand represents a separate vendor. They each stand alone, but they’re interconnected. They all show up at the same time on the same day...
Note: This is part of a series that started with the March 28 post. Large churches are like megastores– like a SuperTarget. There’s everything under the sun there. Lots of options. They may not have really niche, artsy items, but you can get all the...
