By guest blogger: Doug Foltz
Launch Team Covenants (as well as membership covenants) are about one thing: Expectations. In part 3, I talked about filters for deciding who should be on the launch team. The first two filters were beliefs and values. Early on, beliefs and values are merely words on paper. [...]
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Should I Use a Launch Team Covenant
March 10th, 2010 No Comments
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Who Should Be Excluded from the Church
March 10th, 2010 No Comments
By guest blogger: Doug Foltz
In this post, we take a look at who should be included and excluded from the launch team. Some of you may be saying, wait did you say exclude? I thought we wanted big launch teams. The answer is yes, you do want a big launch team, but [...]
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How Big Should the Launch Team Be?
March 6th, 2010 No Comments
By guest blogger: Doug Foltz
Part 1: Building a Launch Team is Priority One. <http://dougfoltz.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/building-a-launch-team-is-priority-one/>
To answer this question about launch teams you have to begin with the end in mind. One exercise I work through with each church planter is to explore what their expectations are for opening Sunday. First, estimate how many people will be [...]
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Building a Launch Team is Priority One
March 4th, 2010 No Comments
by Guest Blogger: Doug Foltz
There are hundreds of tasks to complete when planting a church. Recently a planter told me, “I got so much done today, but then I looked at how much I had left and felt like I was eating the proverbial elephant.” Toward the end of the conversation I asked how many [...]
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Our Favorite Blogs this Week
January 29th, 2010 No Comments
Each week we read through hundreds of blogs by dozens of authors so you don’t have to. Here are our favorites this week:
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Changes to IRS Application for 501c3 Exemption
January 28th, 2010 No Comments
The IRS form 1023 is what we use to file for a church or nonprofit’s 501c3 exemption. As of January 4, 2010, there are two big changes:
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Tips for Writing a Press Release
January 25th, 2010 No Comments
Free publicity is available via the press if you let them know what’s going on at your new church. Every press release submitted to the media won’t go to print, however, mostly due to…
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Using the Super Bowl as an Outreach Opportunity
January 18th, 2010 No Comments
Did you know that the NFL has been aggressive with protecting their copyrights against churches?
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Recent blog posts relevant to church planters
January 16th, 2010 No Comments
Here’s the best of the recent blog posts we’ve seen:
Using Email Templates to Say “No” with Grace
Leading with Purpose by Michael Hyatt
Michael shared how to save time and “face” with email templates.
I just don’t have that many friends…
Gregsurratt.org by Greg Surratt
Greg talks through shifting from a personal Facebook page to a Public (Fan) Page. A [...]
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Best Church Planting Blog Posts
January 10th, 2010 No Comments
Enjoy our weekly round-up of blog posts:
Launching Large: Milestones for Planting a Missional Church
by David Putman
“Achieving critical milestones [is] essential to planting a healthy missional church.”
10 Choices A Leader Needs To Make About His Staff
by Perry Noble
How to empower your staff and creative a positive ministry environment.
Awaking 2010
dinorizzo.com by Dino Rizzo
Dino talks about a nation [...]
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