The largest category because it is the call of God upon my life to stimulate a church planting movement
Started my read of Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird’s new book Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters become Movement Makers. As I begin the echo of the latest research from the Lifeway group (see: edstetzer.com) is bouncing of the walls of my spirit. In brief, that research says that only 3% of American churches were the … More Make Church Planting a Fundamental Part of Your Evangelism Strategy
New Observations on Intensely Local Ministry Intensely local ministry is an investment, and investments take time to compound and grow. —financial investments take time to grow, and so do relational and ministry investments. At first, the payoff for investing seems slow and puny. But like the twenty-year-old who invests $100 a month for 45 years … More Missional Musings on Intensely Local Ministry
Today’s Tweets on living Missionally in our Community Intensely local ministry means getting our hands dirty in the intensity of our neighbor’s lives, the sin, the crises, the joys and the sorrows. Intensely local ministry means we are not content to do ministry at arm’s length. We take the high-risk path of regular contact with … More What Does INTENSELY LOCAL Ministry look like?
Monday is for Discussion (updated August 2017) “Intensely Local” — a vision of the future (Dateline October 2025) (a potential future newspaper article) Communitas is a cluster of house churches being planted in suburban Charlotte, NC that has a unique approach to the “missional question.” The church has a big vision. They want to be a … More Lord Willing: A Snapshot of What the Future Might Be
Moses speaks of his old age longing “Let your works be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.” Psalm 90:16 You’ve lived your life, made your mistakes, paid your prices, celebrated your wins, mourned your losses and now you know that the sand in the top of the hour glass is … More The Glories of Being a Church Planter
Today’s discussion is in the form of a Poll. Please add your comments after voting. Here’s an old poll that needs to be updated with new thoughts and inputs. You can give yours in the comments section.
It doesn’t matter if your are a pastor or member of a traditional church or the pastor or member of a house church, this video developed with Francis Chan is a great example of what a growing number of missiologists and thinkers are beginning to wrestle with. It captures what we are trying to discover at … More Parables Still Teach Very Well
Here’s the promised summary of our house church funding discussion. I am thrilled at the issues raised by this question and look forward to exploring some of them in the coming weeks. Thanks too to Ed Stetzer and Charlie Worley for dropping in and giving your input. [This whole discussion was stimulated by this post and a … More Funding the House Church Planter
Indisputable facts: Seminary trained pastors are expensive. Seminary trained pastors lead churches that are often slow to plant other churches. House church planters are inexpensive. House church planters lead churches that are often fast multiplying. Question to begin the week: How do we fund house church planters?
Who will be the first denomination to truly take church planting seriously and begin to plant churches rapidly, reproductively and globally? When will American churches stop hoarding their resources and spending them on themselves and truly seek to reach the harvest that is being prepared by the Spirit of God? Here’s one way to make … More Double Your Denomination’s Size in Five Years
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