Here's a good reminder for existing churches on how to grow your churches influence in the lives of more people by Mark Driscoll, Lead P...

This video isn't new. It was released by Jerram Barrs at Covenant Seminary in 2011; however, it has new meaning to me because last nigh...

Though there must be Biblical practices and convictions that never change in our churches, there are a myriad of practices and strategies th...

A good post sent to me by Zach Nielsen from Michael Lukaszewski on some basic land mines every church planter should try to avoid includin...

In this blog pos t my colleague Zach Nielsen features a couple opposing views on the value of numerics in churches. This is an issue that de...

Jeffrey C. Farmers Ph.D. dissertation, "Church Planting Sponsorship" at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007 found tha...

In my continuing series on Best Financial Tools for Church Planters I am focusing on online book keeping. There are a lot of different opti...

Over the last few days the Evangelical Free Church of America unveiled a new mission and vision statement. The mission statement was minimal...

Thanks to Joe Thorn for this great summary post of last weeks Acts 29 Lead Pastor's retreat. I was equally moved and convicted by these...

Wow, this is good. How not to waste the 4th of July.... So don’t cheapen this Independence Day by simply making it about burgers and beer...

Some good food for thought from the book Viral Churches , The healthiest churches are those who reproduce, according to a national researc...

I won't be blogging next week due to the Act 29 lead pastor conference. Please check back the following week for the continuation in my...

This is part two in my ongoing series of Best Financial Tools for Church Planters .  To start, I want to clarify that I have not researche...

Here's an example of what the Lord is doing in Ethiopia. (HT: Vitamin Z )

A good word here from Geoff Ashley at The Village Church blog . So much is sacrificed when one neglects the "beauty and necessity of th...

Christine Hoover, church planters wife and author of the book The Church Planting Wife featured the top 25 things she learned from church p...

I was moved reading this quote from Antoine de Saint-Expury this week: If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wo...

This is part 1 in my series on the Best Financial Tools for Church Planters . This week we'll explore the need for a financial oversight...

When we (the planting team) planted The Vine we never really distinguished ourselves between being a planter or a pastor. We were simply pa...

Every week over the next few months I am going to feature a different "financial tool" that can be a great help to church planters...