Applying NCD growth forces to church planting

Applying NCD growth forces to church planting

New Church Planting

Many of you are familiar with NCD and the principles that underlie their process: the six growth forces.  I’ve been wondering how those growth forces apply to church planting, and I’ll be writing a blog series on that.  But for the sake of completeness, here are the...

Unreached people groups: a ministry to the deaf

Missional, Outreach

  One of the people I met in Honduras was an American woman who moved there to start Signs of Love, a deaf ministry. Here in developed countries like the USA, families with a deaf child have a lot of resources to help them teach their children language while...

Passive, Responsive, or Proactive

Church Planting, New Church Planting

  Over the years I’ve talked with many, many pastors about their stance on getting new churches started out of their church. My observation has been that there are three general responses. The vast majority of pastors are passive. They’re not thinking about it...

Identifying your spheres of influence

Missional, Outreach

  Consider where God has placed you. Where are you able to serve as the presence of Jesus? Make a list of the people you’re in relationship with that don’t know Jesus. What is your plan to keep those relationships healthy and moving forward? One church planter...

Why was it you went into ministry again?

Coaching

  Sometimes we need to remind ourselves why we went into ministry in the first place. Odds are, it was not for the money. It was to make disciples and to raise up leaders. More than that, it was to make disciples who would go on to make more disciples who would...

Pyramid principle

Leadership

One of my principles for doing ministry– especially with new or small churches– is this: We only do as much ministry as we have leadership to support. One of the problems new churches face is adding more and more ministries (usually in an attempt to meet...