Planting Space

In his recent post on Philanthropy Journal, brand consultant Drew Neisser says about the logo design process:
“Getting the right name and logo are essential in the early stages of brand development.  These will force you to define your mission, values and target audience since without these prerequisites, you’ll just have a cow.”
Don’t pick a logo [...]

Computers were supposed to bring us into a paperless society like 10 years ago, right? They certainly have made us more efficient and given us all kinds of tools we never had before. It is tempting to spend all your time as a planter sitting in front of the computer: you can get things done, [...]

A great book we have been reading and sharing thoughts about here in the office is the Starfish and the Spider- the Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations (Brafman & Beckstrom 2006). It’s humorously and insightfully written and chock full of application for church planting.
One essential element of a decentralized organization cited is the Catalyst, someone [...]

Home Owners Association (HOA) newsletters can be a great place to advertise. Most HOAs use outside printers such as Kinkos to print their newsletters and have volunteers distribute them in the neighborhood. Consider offering to print and fold the newsletters for free on the church machine in exchange for including an insert about [...]

contributed by Doug Foltz
I heard Vince Antonucci speak yesterday at a church planter’s bootcamp put on by Church Coaching Solutions. He spoke on having an evangelistic DNA. Vince’s talk got me to thinking about the last three and half years I’ve spent in Charlotte. During the pre-launch phase [...]

I rarely read the newspaper but since I was up early this morning and out of town I grabbed the complimentary USA today and started reading. On the front page of the nation section was a picture of an old church with the title “North Dakotans seek salvation for churches.” Of course I [...]

contributed by Doug Foltz, Project Manager
Last week I had a great conversation with a church planter I’m working with, Jake Nelson. Here’s what he said in his blog:
You can plan for months for a big event that might draw a few people, or with no preparation at all we can paint pumpkins and use [...]

Want to establish visibility and presence in a community that meets real needs and creates a buzz, whetting the appetite and causing people to ask for more? Passion for Planting and Compassion by Design just released a “Community Targeting” tool to help church planters take the first important step toward this by establishing a [...]

Our last few blogs have focused on the benefits of doing a community needs assessment. At New Life Christian Church a new community based organization, Passion 4 Community, was birthed as a way to directly address the needs discovered from the assessment. Passion 4 Community is its own entity, [...]

Once you complete the surveys you need to figure out your next steps. You can begin by asking your team what “aha moments” they had. Compare what you learned with what skills, gifts, passions, or resources you have at your disposal.
If you think you have an area where you can meet a need, [...]