Author: Sean Cronin
In The Middle of The Marketplace
In the early years of the church Christians were oftentimes considered atheists by their neighbors. That’s because Christians didn’t travel to a dedicated temple to worship their deity. Instead, they referred to themselves as the temple (1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19). They knew without a doubt that the church wasn’t a […]
Newsletter September 2022
The Future-Focused Leader Don’t Neglect This When Casting Vision When you’re building a launch team it’s vital to get everyone working towards the same goals and prepared for inevitable changes that come as a church plant begins to blossom. All too often team members that help you start the […]
Newsletter August 2022
A Church For Your Community External Focus Every church must fight to be an externally focused church. Naturally, churches tend to have a gravitational force at their center drawing its focus inward. Think about what most pastors spend their time doing: pastoral care/counseling, sermon preparation, worship service planning, leadership […]
Newsletter July 2022
Team Building Team Time One skill church planters must master is stewarding the time they have with their team. Your time is valuable. Your team’s time is valuable. That’s why you need a plan for how you’ll make the most of your time together. One meeting format we’ve seen […]
Newsletter June 2022
Context Is King Studying Your Context Our world is changing. Despite a pandemic and war, population continues to rise, and nations are becoming more diverse. In fact, by the year 2050 experts predict that there will no longer be a majority race in the United States. As church planters, […]
Newsletter May 2022
Funding the Vision Launch Vision Template One common mistake church planters make when it comes to fundraising is focusing their messaging on the needs of their target community. They highlight statistics, thinking that’s going to motivate people to give. However, people generally don’t give generously to cover expenses or affect […]
Newsletter April 2022
A Church That Makes An Impact Sample Outreach Ideas Do you remember when Covid-19 forced us to stay at home and keep our distance from people when venturing out to get essentials like milk and toilet paper? For some introverts this was an answer to prayer, but for most […]
Prepare Before You Pursue
Church planters are a passionate bunch. We’re not surprised that once inspired to plant, the temptation is to immediately dive into the deep end of the pool. If that’s where you are, take a deep breath, slow down, and make sure you’re equipped for the journey ahead. Understand that vision […]
Newsletter March 2022
Turning Vision Into Reality Developing Foundational Documents The Easy Way You probably didn’t get into ministry so you could develop or refine church bylaws. You signed up to reach the lost with the Gospel. At Passion for Planting, we want church planters focused on making disciples, not church charters. That’s […]
Outreach Ideas
Do you remember when Covid-19 forced us to stay at home and observe physical distancing protocols if we dared venture out into public spaces? For some introverts this was an answer to prayer, but for most people it was torture. All the physical distancing and time away from friends and […]