Church Planting
Engaging 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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