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Context Is King Understanding What’s Important      Our world is changing and countries like our own are becoming more diverse. According to demographers, there will no longer be a majority race in the United States twenty-five years from now. That’s why it’s essential as church planters to understand how our […]

Leaving A Legacy Budget Worksheet Template Does the idea of becoming a reproducing church scare you? Are you unsure what you would need to do to become a reproducing church? There are many simple ways your church can be involved in planting new churches. In fact, every church is one […]

59 Commands We Can’t Afford To Ignore Groups Strategy Template Do you have a vision for how new people in your church will build meaningful, transformative relationships with others in the church? The solution most churches offer to meet this need is some flavor of smaller groups. Small groups are […]

Vision and Culture Clarifying Values Does your church have values? Yes, it does. Just like you have personal values. You may have never recognized or named those values, but beneath the surface they’re there and influence every decision you make. The same is true with a church.  Values are the […]

You Can Do It, We Can Help How Do We Incorporate? Have you incorporated as a church? You don’t have to do this to make disciples and plant a church, but incorporation does offer a church many benefits. One of those is the legal protection that it offers church leaders. […]

What Is Church? Church Circle If your church has a desire to plant churches, it’s essential that you have a clear understanding of what a church is. If you don’t, how will you know if you’ve actually planted a church? Think: do you have a clear understanding of what a […]

Developing Leaders – Like Jesus Leadership Development Strategy Template How does your church develop leaders? Do you have an intentional strategy for helping future leaders mature in their competency, character, and confidence? Don’t feel bad if you don’t. Too many churches never get around to defining a strategy that guides […]

Reaching The Lost How Do Movements Start? Jesus didn’t start a church; he started a Kingdom movement which spread across the globe. It’s like he infected his disciples with a contagious virus that they couldn’t help but spread wherever they went. Can this type of movement happen again? It happened […]

The Winning Combination Church Staff Hiring Process Hiring staff members can be an intimidating and complicated process. Too many church planters make the mistake of hiring a friend without putting them through a formal interview process. This will often lead to conflict that could have been avoided if the candidate […]

New Year, New Goals Fuel Your Passion If you’re serious about losing weight this year, you probably have a plan on how you’ll do it. That plan probably includes an adjustment to your diet and exercise regimen which will help you burn more calories than you consume. If you do […]