How to Start a Church Plant Group Within a Congregation When St. Paul’s Free Lutheran in Fargo was beginning to pursue the possibility of church planting in the Fargo/Moorhead area at the beginning of 2022, they were doing so in a given context of work that had come...
Book Review: Church Plant Director, Winfield Bevins in his book Ever Ancient Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation presents a fascinating case that the broader evangelical church is finally waking up from its liturgical slumber. For many years,...
Why a Welcome Team System is Important Last month my wife Bethany went on a business trip to South Dakota. She and her Hawaiian coworkers had never been to this state before and were excited for their first experience of the midwest. They flew into...
A Simple Strategy to Building Relationships Have you ever considered Jesus’ chosen method of outreach? With unlimited resources, He could have created an out-of-this world outreach experience unlike anything we could humanly imagine. He could have out-crystaled the...
Fostering a Heart for Evangelism in Your Church “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls,” Proverbs 11:30. From the moment of Adam & Eve’s fall to the time of Christ’s return, our Heavenly Father has desired men and...
HOW TO PLANT A CHURCH IN SIX (NOT SO) EASY STEPS Our culture today is infatuated with “Life hacks” and “3 Easy Step” methods to achieve desired goals. While I’m all for working smart, I’m not a fan of promising quick and easy fixes to complex challenges. Rather than...
Four C's of a Church Planter (Part 4: Competency) In this final blog, we are diving into the hardwiring and gifting of a planter. As I wrote last...
Four C's of a Church Planter (Part 4: Chemistry) As this series continues, a very important aspect in church planting is chemistry. Now, we aren't...
Four C's of a Church Planter (Part 3: Character) Last article, we dove into the foundational issue of Calling for church planters. Without a call of...