Blog Posts
The New Offering Basket
We live in the age of the internet. This is why large retail stores like Macy’s and Wal-Mart are closing physical locations and investing more resources into their e-commerce departments. They know they have to do this in order to compete with internet based companies like Amazon. If they don’t […]
Newsletter — August 2016
School is Back in Session FREE Ministry Training Courses At Passion for Planting we’ve been busy creating free ministry training courses that inspire and equip Christians leaders to serve the Lord’s church more effectively. We’ve broken the courses into three focuses: New Church Development (Church Planting Nuts and Bolts) Practical […]
Gaining Momentum in the Midst of Turmoil
Transitions can be awkward! Much is written about the more awkward church transitions – going from one service to two, growing from a school gymnasium to your own building, starting up a new campus. And perhaps the most awkward transitions of all are those that take you from nothing to […]
Health Care Insurance Options
At Passion for Planting, we believe it’s wise for church planters to have health care coverage for their whole family. It is also now a non-negotiable for the US government: under the Affordable Care Act, everyone must have health insurance or pay fines. Health insurance is expensive, so how can […]
Why Do We Plant Churches?
I care about church planting because my world was turned upside down by the Gospel. I encountered the truth and love of Jesus and it transformed my life. And since then, I have also seen the Gospel transform the lives of countless others. I just finished an 11-month church-planting residency with […]
Newsletter — July 2016
Summer’s Here and the Time is Right Timing is Everything: Why Your Pre-Launch Phase Matters We want to jump in right now, and launch next month—a recipe for disaster—regardless of how much talent and passion you may have. In our microwave, instant gratification society, we tend to rush things that need […]
Church-Follower or Christ-Follower?
Where does your discipleship strategy lead? If making disciples is in your mission statement, it should translate into your resource allocation. At Church @ The Springs in Ocala, Florida, led by church-planting expert Ron Sylvia, there was great concern about the results of Willow Creek’s Reveal Study a number of […]
Timing Is Everything: Why Your Pre-launch Phase Matters
I’m an ENTP. That’s not an abbreviation for entrepreneur, but it could be. It’s my Myers-Briggs personality profile. Statistically speaking, most church planters tend to be ENTP or a similar profile, with a knack for starting new things and the gumption to dream big. But often what accompanies the “typical” […]
Newsletter — June 2016
The Journey Begins Road to Church Multiplication Podcast Brett Andrews planted New Life Christian church in the Washington DC area in the 1990s with the vision to reach lost people in a metropolitan area that would have an impact on the world. This podcast, produced by Exponential, dives into his […]
Newsletter — May 2016
Church Planter Resources FREE Church Planter Self-Assessments Self-Assessments are simply measuring your responses in one venue and using them to predict how you perform or respond in another venue. We use assessments because they can save us time and effort in learning to appreciate and appropriate the areas in which we […]