Planting Space

Research from multiple sources shows a clear correlation between solid church planter training and long-term health of church plants.  Church Coaching Solutions, a Passion for Planting ministry partner, is now offering a multi-site track at it’s bootcamp.  There are so many common factors when launching a second (or third) site to launching a brand new [...]

I’m in Orlando at the conference and I’d have to say it has been everything I expected and more. The speakers have been inspirational and motivating. I’m pumped up. Jeremy and Mark, our final two, were asked, “How would you inspire church planter.” If you like what you read, click [...]

A new resource has been published and made available on www.newchurches.com. It is an assessment tool that helps determine how well a planter fits with a particular location.  Tom Nebel graciously allowed us to use parts of materials that he has developed.  This is just one of several FREE church planting resources available for download [...]

We’ve reached round 3 of the Exponential Blogging Tournament. We are down to the final four. On tap for this week is a topic that the majority of planter’s struggle with, leadership development. In a recent survey of church planters in years 2-5, we found that leadership development was one of the most [...]

In our recent survey of new churches currently in years 2-5, we found that the healthiest new churches had launch teams over 40 people. Click here to see the stats. This is the final segment in this series of blogs. Here are links to the first three.
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In our recent survey of new churches currently in years 2-5, we found that the healthiest new churches had launch teams over 40 people. Click here to see the stats.
You have a unique opportunity during pre-launch that you will never have again in the life of the church. You won’t be writing a [...]

In our recent survey of new churches currently in years 2-5, we found that the healthiest new churches had launch teams over 40 people.  Click here to see the stats.  In pt. 1 of this post, I talked about what a launch team is and boundaries to set for it.  At Passion 4 Planting we [...]

The NCAA Church Planting Bloggers bracket is officially over.  Kansas won the national championship.  They were hardly a cinderella story, but an unknown blogger won our tournament.  Congratulations to “Cinderella”.  We all want to know, who are you?  Who is it we need to eat humble pie in front of and confess your superior abilities [...]

We’ve reached round 2 of the Exponential Blogging Tournament. This week’s question is sure to be practical and beneficial for all church planters. Bloggers were asked, “What is your best marketing and/or outreach idea for under $500?” As you are planning your Summer and Fall calendars, hopefully you’ll find some great ideas [...]

In our recent survey of new churches currently in years 2-5, we found that the healthiest new churches had launch teams over 40 people.  Click here to see the stats.
Building a launch team may be the single most important thing you do in starting a new church.  Its also the one of the most difficult.  [...]