Church Multiplication
Fundraising, Sending Churches, and Discerning the Call—A New Podcast Episode
A new podcast episode and an update from our WCLT.
Continue ReadingThis Month’s Focus on Church Planting
All of July, the Explore NAB updates will focus on church planting.
Continue ReadingChurch Planting and International Missions
I see it all the time when talking with new church planters and I ask them about their strategic plan for the development of their church’s ministry.
Continue ReadingEngaging Church Planters in International Missions
John was looking at the prospect of planting a new church in an under-served region of Sacramento; his church would be designed from the ground up.
Continue ReadingFour Attributes of a Planter in the Making
What are the attributes or experiences you could look for as precursors to a conversation with a leader about exploring church planting?
Continue ReadingKingdom Collaboration for Gospel Expansion
Packing out a room full of hungry consumers hoping to feed on hopeful words and feel-good religious goods and services is simply not enough, at least for me it was no longer enough.
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Robust Gospel
I remember the moment it hit me, the moment I realized the Gospel of Jesus I was preaching or telling my friends about is only part of the story, and by leaving out part of God’s story I had created a new narrative that isn’t really God’s at all.
Continue ReadingChurch Planters: Not the Competition
When my wife and I moved into the Folsom area to plant Oak Hills Church, one of the first things I did was to begin visiting the pastors in town. There weren’t too many churches in our city at that point, so it was easy to do, and I was delighted at the response.
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