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...
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...