"All the churches that were planted by Paul were planted because Paul was ... explicit in preaching the gospel ... a number of contemporary churches think it's insightful to quote 'preach the gospel and use words if necessary' but this has no connection with what we find in the life of Paul."
In 2009, Western Europe Acts 29 Director, Steve Timmis, taught two sessions at the London Boot Camp on "How to Plant a Church." In How to Plant a Church - Part 1, Timmis taught that the book of Acts is a church planting narrative. In Part 2, he laid out five specific principles needed in order to plant a church - which we are sharing here.
1. Preach the Gospel.
The apostle Paul gathered believers by preaching the Gospel, “Almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the ...
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Tyler Jones is Regional Director of the East Coast for Acts 29, and planter of Vintage21 Church in Raleigh, NC. He spoke on balance for the church planter at the Orlando boot camp in February – and we just posted the audio. The following is adapted from the beginning of his talk.
Got balance?
Our culture is permeated with the concept of ‘balance.’ I don’t think I’ve ever experienced this balance. Not in college, not when I got married, and not since I planted eight years ago. Everywhere I turn, people pray for balance, we say balance is what we need, and you’re judged if you don’t have balance.
I went to Scripture and started looking for balance, and what I found was Christ saying “pick up your cross and follow me,” and I’m ...
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Tags: balance, rhythm, surviving church planting, how to survive church planting, help for church planters, how to balance life as a pastor, how to find balance as a pastor, how to balance life, ministry life balance, ministry life, tyler jones, reverse engineering, rest, hope for tired pastors, tired pastor, exhaustion, rest, pastor, church planter, how to plant a church
Bruce Wesley, lead pastor of Clear Creek Community Church in Houston, Texas, spoke on "The Enduring Legacy" of a church planter. He talked about "wells" that church planters need to avoid turning to as well as the rhythms of grace to protect our enjoyment of God.
If your goal is an enduring legacy, ask yourself two questions: Will you last? Will your work last?
As a church planter, your walk with God will happen while Rome is burning and an angry mob is at your door. You will walk with God because you choose every day to act in a way where you can be acted upon by God. If you don’t do this, you will flame out and cave in. In 2 Timothy 2, Paul writes, “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Jesus Christ.” This strength is something that is done to ...
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Tags: how to plant a church, how to make it, church planting, surviving church planting, surviving as a pastor, how to survive as a pastor, pastoring pastors, help for pastors, help for church planters, how to endure as a pastor, encouragement for pastor, how to survive ministry, bruce wesley, clear creek community, houston, acts 29
