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FRIENDLY FIRE
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email Over the years, New Breed asked a bunch of planters if they could do something different, what would it be? Without any hesitation, almost all of them will say that they wished they’d reached out better to the pastors of established churches before they’d […]
Episode 425: Transitioning from Traditional to Missional
by NewChurches.com: In Episode 424 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss the challenges in transitioning a church from traditional to missional for a serial church planter. “I am a serial church planter working to transition a traditional church toward a missional mindset. How do you stay patient […]
SABOTAGE
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: In France, the efforts of the French Resistance were significant enough to make a significant impact on the outcome of the war. They dismantled tank treads, put sand in the grease of vehicles, and stole ball bearings. Sabotage. It’s the enemy’s […]
CORE TEAM VISION MEETING
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: This is the night you gather up all the peeps that you think might be interested in your “crazy idea”. You invite them to your house, a Denny’s, where ever. It doesn’t matter on the first night. The point is that […]
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, […]
YOU CAN’T TAKE YOUR PETS TO WAR
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email “Where there’s light, there’s bugs”. After church planting I realize the importance of a good bug zapper. Everybody’s got an angle. Everybody’s got an agenda. People see a new church plant on the horizon and they think that it’ll provide an ideal place to […]
WRITE IT DOWN
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: When I’m coaching church planters, I like them to write the mission statement down on paper when they’re all hot and bothered about the condition of the church, the perishing of the lost, or their personal frustrations in leadership. Best to […]
WHY THE WORLD NEEDS YOU TO HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: Launching with the right focus is essential if your plant is going to avoid defaulting into just another big church after you’ve grown. If you’re using the New Testament apostolic model, then the solution is hard-wired into your church already. You’re […]
AIMING FOR NOTHING
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: So, you think you know what you want to do. Whereas Paul laid the foundation like a wise and Master builder, most church planters make a fundamental mistake at the foundational level. They’ve never defined what it is they’re going to […]
MEETING WITH THE MAYOR
Post navigation Share Tweet Print Email by Peyton Jones: In the last Blog post we talked about COGs and catering your church plant to the community. But how do you find out what the community needs? I have a few suggestions. MEETING WITH THE MAYOR The easy way is to […]
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