I do not think that the American church is dependent upon the Spirit's empowerment. Most of what takes place among our local gatherings may be able to occur without the Holy Spirit. This is tragic ...
Spiritual, Physical and Mental Health of the Planter and Family Planting a church places a heavy burden on planters and their families. Most planters indicate that planting is one of the hardest ...
Posted in: Spiritual Vitality, Marriage and Family, Emotional Health
Evangelism and Discipleship Church planters can do a lot of things wrong and God can still bless the new church. All pastors will confess that God often blessed in spite of their frail leadership ...
Posted in: Leadership, Disciple Making
Casting Vision and Avoiding Mission Drift Church plants often lose sight of their direction, vision and resulted in mission drift in several different ways. Planters may struggle with pressure ...
Posted in: Leadership
Systems and Processes Planters usually begin their planting journey with great intentions. Their strengths tend to be relationships and their passion is often looking toward weekend church ...
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Team Development and Volunteer Mobilization Mobilizing volunteers and building teams are major challenges, according to church planters. Mobilizing volunteers is an issue regardless of the size of ...
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Financial Self-Sufficiency and Viability Money management is an ongoing concern in both the church and for church planters personally. It is easy to avoid these issues, which can lead to all sorts ...
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Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture Planters face incredible pressure to find quality leaders quickly. Yet the limitations of money, critical mass, and spiritual maturity in new ...
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by Mark Driscoll As church planters, Grace and I learned the hard way what a friendship is and is not. Somehow, I got the silly notion that everyone who picked me to be their friend ...
Posted in: Marriage and Family, Emotional Health, Relationship Building
"How can I lead my church to be more prayerful?" It’s a simple question. It’s one that an Acts 29 pastor asked Terry Virgo at our Northwest Regional meeting in March. It’s a ...
Posted in: Spiritual Vitality
