Church Planting

Are Church Plants the most Effective form of Evangelism?
by Drew Goodmanson|20 September 2007|Church, Church Planting, Culture
"The most effective form of evangelism is church planting." If you are a pastor or church planter, you are bound to run into this quote.  The list of sources is endless, just do a search on 'church planting most effective...
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Exponential Church Planting Conference 2008
by Drew Goodmanson|18 September 2007|Church, Church Planting
The 2008 Exponential Conference (National New Church Conference) website has launched.  This year's theme: The DNA of Reproducing Churches. 12 pre-conference intensives.   Over 30 national church planting leaders including Tim Keller, Andy Stanley, and Alan Hirsch.  Over 35 denominations,...
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Church & Ministry Credit Card Processing
by Drew Goodmanson|17 September 2007|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology
The Tentmaker Group has teamed up with Simplêfy, Inc to offer churches, ministries & companies the best credit card processing rates available.   Simplêfy is a consulting arm for First Data.  In our unique partnership we are able to leverage...
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Church Planting Discounts & Offers
by Drew Goodmanson|17 September 2007|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design
It pays to be a church planter.  Church Planting Resources has a limited time offer of (requires registration): 50% off all purchases at Highway Video for a limited time! Biblically based and artistically inspired, Highway Video's top-quality sermon and worship...
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Church Planting Research & Presentations
by Drew Goodmanson|05 September 2007|Church, Church Planting
Ed Stetzer has posted a fine selection of research, best practices and presentations on church planting on his blog .  Including: A presentation of the best practices research that I recently gave at the NAMB State Summer Leadership Conference. It...
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Tentmaker Group graduates first class…
by Drew Goodmanson|29 August 2007|Church, Church Planting
Church Planters, missionaries, ministry leaders and kingdom-minded business people flew in from across the country (and drove in from the SoCal area) to attend our three day Tentmaker Group training.  The training went great and we all left encouraged as...
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Transforming Cities – The Church beyond the Spiritual Box
by Drew Goodmanson|22 August 2007|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ministry Design
When most people think of church, they envision a place where Christians gather on Sunday.  A building dominates the mind of both Christians or non-believers.  Today, the concept of church has been de-clawed of it's full of meaning.  The gathered...
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Church Planting & Movement Training
by Drew Goodmanson|17 August 2007|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism
We believe it is important to provide potential church planters a new kind of missional training through the Tentmaker Group and discussions with the Porterbrook Network (created by the authors of Total Church and the pastors of the Crowded House. ...
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Tentmakers, Porn, Worship and Near Death Experiences
by Drew Goodmanson|03 August 2007|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture
Here are a few links of interest: Seminary’s, Vocation, Depressed Cities & Tentmakers - Learn how seminary's, church Bible schools, cities with high unemployment can utilize the Tentmaker Group to make a difference. The Porn Myth - Great article on...
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The Tentmaker Group Launches
by Drew Goodmanson|31 July 2007|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture
The Tentmaker Group website has launched! If you know people looking to fund a church plant transition, pastors who seek supplemental income or people interested in roles that will re-invest money into church planting and ministering to people in their...
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