Church Planting

Church Planting Bootcamp & Church Conference
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Today was the last day of sessions for the Church Planting Bootcamp & Church Conference.  Overall, I was greatly blessed by the sessions.  Tomorrow will be all-day assessments of potential church planters.  Some of the sessions I will post more...
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Five Trends for the Future of Church Planting
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1.  A move from denominationalism is going to radically alter church planting.  Local smaller churches will partner together to plant churches.  Larger churches will follow in Redeemer's footsteps and be more concerned with planting gospel-centered churches, than churches of their...
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Church Planting Resources
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Church Planting Resources has been relaunched with a new design and backend system. It is now 83% SEXIER. Church Planting Resources is a site created for those who are involved in church planting and running churches. The goal is to...
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Traits of a Catalytic Church Planter
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Check out David Fairchild's 30 Traits of a Catalytic Church Planter. Here are the top 10 he lists (I don't know if he ordered these in any way). 1- Profound love for Christ. 2- Knows much about Christ theologically and...
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The State of the American Church – Why Church Planting is Critical to the Future of American Christianity
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National New Church Conference Teacher: Dave Olson, Director of Church Planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church and Director of The American Church Research Project. Many Christian leaders wonder whether planting new churches is necessary for the future of the American...
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What is the Next Conference for Church Planters
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We've gone to the National New Churches Conference and the Resurgence conference. What's next? What other conferences would you recommend? Here's my vote: (more…)
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Funding Your Church Plant
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Session from the National New Church Conference Teacher: Dr. Tom Jones, Regional Director Stadia East This session went over an introduction to raising funds for a church planter. Dr. Jones outlined different finance models such as the Mother church, Associations,...
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Return from the National New Church Conference
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I returned last night from the National New Church Conference in Orlando, Florida. It may take a bit but will unpack: - Conversations and dinners with Ed Stetzer (Stetzer don't just lurk, post a comment!), Bob Roberts Jr., Acts 29...
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Raising Money for your Church Plant
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Yesterday I met with 9 church planters here in San Diego. Admist the conversation, one guy told us how he raised $450,000 for the next five years. He got the idea from Funding Your Ministry: Whether You're Gifted or Not...
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What type of churches NOT to plant
To contrast what type of a church we should plant, here is the contrast of what not to plant....hmmm...more tri-perspectivalism. Most churches error toward one of the perspectives; Normative, Situation or Existential. Normative relates to authority and concern with 'right...
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