Church Conflict...
Speaker: Steve Childers "If you are a church planter, by its nature you are a conflict manager," said Childers.  There is a relationship between the church size and conflict.  The smaller your church, the greater the arena and likelihood an antagonist will be present.  (The people...
Mobilizing Church Planters...
Speaker: Dr. Steve Ogne David Fairchild provides a good summary of the session on Mobilizing Church Planters .  Steve gives a few suggestions for finding and igniting a multiplication movement. What are we looking for when we think of a lighting rod of a man who knows how to charge and take a hill? 1-The...
Recruiting Leaders for a Church Planting...
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few…" (Matthew 9:37b)  How do you raise and recruit leaders to change a city?  Dr. Steve Ogne states that, recruiting is NOT a long term solution.  Ogne believes that effective leadership development systems begin with the lost...
Raising Leaders for Multiplication - Ses...
Speaker: Dr. Steve Ogne Ogne's session presented a framework for raising up leaders in a local church.  One of the thoughts I've had for a month or so (I mentioned it about re-thinking the role of elders that I still haven't posted on yet, but plan to) is:     Churches...
GCA Conference quotes...
CHURCH PLANTING NETWORKS  "Church plants that are part of a network are 400% more likely to succeed." Ed Stetzer new stats LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT "We've found that if you aim to develop leaders, you'll get what these people can do.  If you aim to develop gospel pacesetters,...
Ideas from GCA Church Planting Conferenc...
Here are the sessions I attended today: Developing a Purpose & Mission, Determining Value & Styles (both taught from the infamous 600+ page GCA Church Planting Manual, so I won't quote these) and Redeemer's Global Cities Strategy.  Some ideas from today: "Church plants are 250%...
Church Planting - Coaching & Networ...
Tomorrow I leave to the North America Church Planting Conference with David Fairchild. "The North America Church Planting Conference is an inter-denominational training event designed to equip church planters, coaches and supervisors to start, grow and multiply healthy, gospel-centered...
Designers, Developers & Progammers ...
Are you a designers, developers or programmer?  MinistryCamp Job Board has launched “a listing of design and programming jobs offered by ministries looking for the best of the online industry that loves Jesus.”  One of the benefits of MinistryCamp, is a percentage of the sales is...
The Future of Spirituality and what is a...
I'm always curious about social trends and the shape of things to come.  It is through this fascination, I've gathered some information and patterns to suggest where the future of spirituality is going and what is after postmodernism.  I believe postmodernism is already dead. ...
Acts 29 Bloggers...
For those who are church planters, I've put together a list of Acts 29 pastors who have blogs.  My assumption is that a lot of these planters will post on issues of church planting and being the church. David Fairchild (San Diego) Mark Moore (Dallas & Mark blogs about the International...
Receive Monthly Summaries of the Best Th...
During my flight to Hawaii, I cracked open the SkyMall.  In it, I found an advertisement for Soundview Executive Summaries.  For a yearly subscription, you can receive summaries of the best business books of the year in your choice of print, audio, CD-ROM, or online formats, covering subjects...
Twenty Leadership Questions for Building...
The Acts 29 site is rolling out a blog and Mark Driscoll posted Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within the City for those who are in the church (or are considering) church planting.  These leadership questions are based on Nehemiah. If Christianity is going to make a difference...
LinkedIn, Work and the Christian...
If you haven't heard, LinkedIn continues to gain momentum as a place for people to network, find jobs and old co-workers.  Because I work in the web development industry, I've joined, (view my LinkedIn Profile ) but I don't know if pastors and other church leaders are using it.  Since...
Connect Ministry Design...
In 2007, we will devout considerable time to building, re-thinking and planning how we Communicate (see previous Missional Survey), Connect, Develop & Send people.  The first ministry we will focus on is the Connect Ministry. See attached Connecting/Hospitality/Assimilation Ministry pdf that...
Return from Hawaii...
I know it was quiet this week, other than a pre-scheduled post.  I took the week off and head to Kauai (I uploaded 9 pictures from Hawaii including us zip lining through the jungle).  During the trip I had a chance to read a few books (including Small Is the New Big by Seth Godin & Outgrowing...

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