We moved down to Indianapolis to plant a church that will be launching in January but getting people to go to our church isn’t our highest priority. Crazy thing for a church planter to say, isn’t it? People start…
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Many churches, in an attempt to reach more people, built large, elaborate structures that they are now dragging like a ball and chain behind them. Instead of opening up new opportunities for ministry, they have found that their ministry now consists of making desperate appeals on Sunday to bring enough in to pay the utilities…
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As the plans and dreams for our church plant continue to take shape, I’ve been thinking about what it means to cast compelling vision. I wonder if we’ve perhaps placed too much emphasis on getting people to follow our vision instead of finding ways to…
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I’ve observed a lot of different leadership models for new churches but one in particular intrigued me. There’s a church I’ve gotten to know where two pastors share the leadership responsibilities equally as co-pastors. If you would have asked me three years ago I would have said…
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It has always intrigued me to hear the competitive language some churches have adopted when referring to other churches in the area. Some marketing techniques are more akin to those used by a car dealership trying edge out the competition…
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Yesterday we had the privilege to attend the launch of City Community Church (t), an amazing new church being planted in downtown Indianapolis. Nathan, Erik and the rest of their team hit it out of the park with a worship set and message that clearly set the stage for what this church is about and [...]
Continue ReadingLast week I had the opportunity to attend two fantastic conferences: Exponential and LeadNow.
Erwin McManus, one of my favorite authors and speakers, lead a session at LeadNow that really helped to cement some ideas I’ve had floating around in my head over the last couple of years.
He spoke about moving to a place of influence [...]
I had planned on blogging every day from here at Exponential 08 but that doesn’t seem to be working out. I’ve been hearing so much and making so many great connections that it feels like my head is going to explode!
I’m going to take some time after the conference to consolidate all that I’m learning [...]
I’ve got an exciting week ahead of me. Tomorrow Lisa and I head to Orlando for the Exponential 2008 National New Churches Conference. We’ll be with 2,000 other church planters and leaders listening to speakers like Andy Stanley, Ed Stetzer, Tim Keller & Rick Warren. If you’re going to be there or live in [...]
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