Category: General Church Planting
TEAM BUILDING FOR DUMMIES
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email By Peyton Jones: How will you recruit a team? I wish I could give you a formula, but I suck at chemistry. I also know that God invented Algebra to illustrate that sometimes there is an unknown factor in every equation. In church planting, […]
Avoiding the Gospel of Self Reliance
“The gospel of self-reliance is always bad news because it always leads to more anxiety.” – Steve Cuss by Leadership Network: Does anxiety get in the way of your ability to be an effective leader? Is your inability to notice when you and those around you are anxious keeping you […]
7 Practical Tips to Help You Stop Working 7 Days a Week
by Carey Nieuwhof: So you’re busy. Welcome to the club. For too many of us, busy now means working 7 days a week. One leader approached me a while back and said the one thing he knew would change everything for him was to stop working 7 days a week. […]
How to Lead a Discovery Bible Study
by Alex Absalom: In your group life, do you find that only a few people feel confident to share what they see in the Bible? Would you like a simple viral way to train others in how to read the Bible… and wonder if Discovery Bible Study might be a […]
6 Things Portable Churches Are Thankful For
.et_post_meta_wrapper There’s probably a lot that church leaders like you can be thankful for – God’s faithfulness, the support of friends and family, a God-centered church community and the encouragement from like-minded leaders! However, an increasing number of churches across the United States have something else to be thankful for […]
Meet the LN Associates, Part 5 – Caleb Stanley
By: Caleb Stanley Ministry/Vocation – Co Founder and Author of The Alternative, Producer Why commit to becoming an LN Associate – Leadership Network has been a crucial in pushing the church forward and continuing to reach more people for Christ in new places, and in new ways. As a young […]
A Discipleship Revolution
If we’re going to see revival in twenty-first century churches across America, it’s not going to happen without a discipleship revolution. This revolution needs to happen everywhere—in Baptist churches in Missouri, in Anglican churches in Arizona, in Pentecostal churches in Pennsylvania, in non-denominational churches in California, and beyond. It will […]
5 Challenges With Being a Local Pastor (or Leader) in the Age of Social Media
by Carey Nieuwhof: Social media is changing you and me in more profound ways than any of us imagine. Like a growing number of people, I’m increasingly concerned with how addictive tech has become, and am leaning in on the arguments that some like Roger McNamee (who has a fascinating conversation […]
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email To catch the blog post about Missional VS. Attractional CLICK HERE! by Peyton Jones: Each church planter is seemingly faced with a choice as to what path they will take, deeming one path as the way of the Jedi, and the other as the […]
Sanctification is Possible!
Our speech reveals how we think, feel, and understand the world. Words shape us. But our theology determines our words. In fact, as we speak, our understanding of who God is and how we trust him is made manifest. This is something I have been considering deeply and regularly as […]