Planting Space

…because you might just get it.
Vision statements, when lived out rather than left on a shelf, have a way of almost taking on a life of their own. When other people hear it and become convinced that it really is God’s vision for your congregation, they will multiply the vision by convincing others of it [...]

I had dinner with a family who is new to the church on Monday.  They both grew up Catholic and had tried connecting in with the Catholic Church in the area but had some problems.  They made a new year’s resolution that they wanted to go to church.  They had received a series of direct [...]

Over the past few months P4P has seen multiple examples of companies using Personalized URLs or PURLs as a part of direct mail marketing campaigns.  What is a PURL?  Quite simply a PURL is a page on your website personalized for every person to whom you send a postcard.  Here’s how it works:  You will [...]

The Church Planting Assessment Center has become one of the most prolific catalysts for church planters and church planting staff members. Hundreds of church planting candidates have been processed through CPAC over the last few years and nearly every single feedback point is “this is extremely valuable for us.” Assessment centers are held about every [...]

or for those of you from less populus places, Git-R-Done.
Do you have a list of those really important things that need to get done to launch your church but you just never seem to get to?  Every time you start to think about it the phone rings, an email comes in, you see a twitter [...]

I recently paid $4.40 for a gallon of gas in Chicago, IL.  I never dreamed in my lifetime that I would see that price.  I can remember paying $0.89 when I got my license.  That means gas prices have increased 500% in 16 years.  Ouch!  My family of four now thinks about the price of [...]

I recently talked to a planter about making sure that he honored his family by taking his allotted vacation time this year. His initial thought was to postpone any vacation until after launch because of all the business that happens up to launch. I reminded him that it only gets busier after launch because of [...]

Ed’s interview of Craig Groeschel has been one of our most popular. If you missed it, click here.
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Pre-Launch should be a time of dreaming and strategy, vision and planning. Most planters are big on the dream and small on the details and implementation. That is how it should be, as most people who are ‘maintainers’ don’t have big enough dreams, or at least the moxie to go plant a church.
That being said, [...]

Wow! You’re still reading after the title.  That must mean you need some help with a bulk mail permit.  I’m here to help.
Before getting a bulk mail permit, consider the following:

You will spend $360 to get the permit.  ($180 for application fee and $180 for annual fee).  Will the money saved having the bulk-mail permit [...]