Church Planting

2007 Church Planting Bootcamp
by Drew Goodmanson|03 January 2007|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design
Here is the announcement that the 2007 San Diego Church Planting Bootcamp has been scheduled.  This conference is hosted by Kaleo Church and several other Acts 29 churches.  We are fortunate to have the Harbor Presbyterian churches with us and...
continue reading
Church Planting Wisdom
by Drew Goodmanson|20 November 2006|Church, Church Planting
Derek Brown (Harmony Blog) started a new series: Church Planting Wisdom.  Several church planters have already shared some of their thoughts on planting churches (eg. Michael Foster, Bruce Chant, Kevin Cawley)  Here is my addition: Church Planting Wisdom - From...
continue reading
Acts 29 Europe
by Drew Goodmanson|10 November 2006|Church, Church Planting
This year the Acts 29 Network has formed an international board to begin building the Acts 29 Network throughout the world.  Mark Moore (Pastor of Providence Community and who made his first blog comment EVER on this site ) will...
continue reading
Goodmanson.com – 500th Post
by Drew Goodmanson|03 November 2006|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture, Ekklesia, General Technology, Leadership, Monk Dev, Sermon, Sheep&Goats, Teaching
Welcome to Goodmanson.com .  If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time.  I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a...
continue reading
2007 National New Church Conference
by Drew Goodmanson|23 October 2006|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Leadership
The 2007 National New Church Conference website has launched.  This years theme: Exponential:  Moving Beyond Addition It was Jesus that cast the vision for this emerging, seeker-targeted house church that would soon exponentially grow to impact the world.  As Jesus...
continue reading
Christian Venture Capitalists
by Drew Goodmanson|18 October 2006|Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture, General Technology, Leadership
How would you like: (1) Access to capital and entrepreneurship networks. (2) Theological foundations. (3) Professional consulting services.  These are three of the components of Redeemer's Entrepreneur Incubator.  Here is a church leading the way in thinking through how to...
continue reading
Triperspectival Ministry Assessment
by Drew Goodmanson|12 October 2006|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Teaching, Triperspectivalism
Today the elders of Kaleo Church met to discuss the different ministries.  We agreed that we needed to assess the current state of the ministries and we needed a framework of how we would keep an ongoing tab on the...
continue reading
Five Shifts the Next Generation brings to your Church
by Drew Goodmanson|08 October 2006|Church, Church Planting, Culture
How a new generation is going to change your church?  Here are a few idea: 1. Now Generation “Everything now is the opening weekend,” says San Francisco film programmer Gary Meyers. “And many people, if they want to see a...
continue reading
The Long Tail & Church Planting
by Drew Goodmanson|02 October 2006|Church, Church Planting
An interesting article (The Long Tail & Church Planting ) was brought to my attention that both evaluates and critiques the Five Trends for the Future of Church Planting I wrote.   Particularly Rick Presley addresses my "pessimism about established...
continue reading
All Church Planting Bootcamp Sessions
by Drew Goodmanson|12 September 2006|Church, Church Planting, Teaching
I've uploaded nearly all of the Church Planting Bootcamp Sessions.  You can now hear the session and download the notes on: Session #1: Why Start a Church - Scott Thomas Starting a new church has multifaceted innate challenges. Struggling over...
continue reading