Category: Church Planting
Lament of a Church Planter
lament |ləˈment|, noun: a passionate expression of grief or sorrow When a core group member leaves suddenly, or conflict erupts between two key missional…
Of New Ducks and New Churches
They say that in their first hours of life, baby ducks will form a special bond with the first moving object that they see, whether…
Four Ways to Strengthen the Church Planter’s Marriage
“Hi, I’d like to meet with you because I’m feeling called to plant a church.” I probably get that phone call or email four times…
Challenges and Opportunities for Women Church Planters (Part 2)
Gender aside, church planting is not for the fainthearted. Yet (to use a decidedly feminine metaphor) just like childbirth labor, the extraordinary exertion—combined with some…
Challenges and Opportunities for Women Church Planters (Part 1)
“Our pastor is a woman.” “Oh, so she’s co-pastor with her husband?” “No, she’s our senior pastor.” “Oh, so she’s not married?” “No, she is…
The Shrewd Ethics of Starting a New Church
We have been fortunate to partner in starting various churches over the past couple of years within the Cyclical LA church planting network. From house…
Kingdom Embassies and Ambassadors
A Newbigin Opportunity to American Mainline Church Planting Models “Where should we plant?” and “Who will be our church planter?” are two of the first…
Feeling Inadequate for the Task
Two church planters and the owner of a spiritually intentional CrossFit gym sat down for coffee and talked about the challenges of their ministries. The…
What All Planters Have in Common: Starting New Things
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’…
Seedless Watermelons and the Gospel
One of the great inventions of history is seedless watermelon. I sometimes wonder if kids growing up today can even imagine a past when anyone…
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