Rookies in Nascar have a yellow stripe on their bumpers. Yellow in Nascar is symbolic of caution. It tells the other drivers, “Watch out! Rookie driver.” The majority of church planters are rookies. I find that most church planters only start one church. Like rookie drivers, they are inexperienced and can have trouble navigating unfamiliar [...]
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What is Project Management for Church Planting pt. 2
February 3rd, 2010 4 Comments
Tags: church planting · new churches · passion 4 planting · Project Management
What is Project Management for Church Planting pt. 1
January 27th, 2010 No Comments
When New Life Christian Church started their first multi-site campus, Lead Pastor Brett Andrews sat down to formulate the plan. He had a compelling vision for what the new campus would look like and how they would effectively reach pre-Christians. But then came the details. Brett and his team quickly learned that there were all [...]
Tags: church planting · new churches · passion 4 planting · Project Management
Utilizing Google Apps for Church Planting
January 20th, 2010 No Comments
At Passion 4 Planting we set up all of our church planters on Google Apps. It’s free and its a great solution for email, document storage, calendars, and a whole lot more. All you need is a URL to get started and you can be up an running in no time. There is a little [...]
Tags: church planting · Google Apps · IT · new churches
Cloud Computing Makes Mobile Church Easier
January 13th, 2010 1 Comment
TechCrunch announced yesterday that Google would be rolling out support to upload any file type to Google Docs. It’s basically cloud storage for all your files. A nice advantage is Google’s sharing feature. You are able to share files easily on Google Docs by simply entering an email address. You get 1GB free and then [...]
Tags: church planting · Cloud computing · Google Apps · Google Docs · new churches
Record Keeping Made Easy
January 7th, 2010 2 Comments
One challenge for mobile churches is where to store important documents and files. Space is a premium for a mobile church and keeping all the receipts and reimbursement records can be a pain. There is an easier way using hardware you probably already have and a free program called Evernote. I’m a mac guy so [...]
Tags: church planting · Evernote · new churches · record keeping
Key Vitals of a Church Plant
November 11th, 2009 No Comments
When you go to the doctor, there are a few things they check to determine your health: blood pressure, temperature, weight, pulse, etc. If any of these are out of whack, your health is at risk. A new church is no different. Regardless of what model you use to start the church, there are key [...]
Tags: church planting · new churches · planning · Project Management · strategy
War Fatigue
November 2nd, 2009 No Comments
9/11/2001 seems like a long time ago. I remember that period of time immediately following the attacks. Never in my life have I seen such unity in our nation. When we went to war it was with a nearly unanimous voice. Now eight years later, we have war fatigue. We have forgotten the initial shock [...]
Tags: church planting · Converge · Evangelism · new churches
Using Twitter to Learn about the Community
November 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Here is a tip for church planters trying to better understand their community. Use Twitter. Twitter has a build in search engine that allows you to search Tweets. Simply search for the name of the city you are in to see all tweets with the name of the city in it. This will give you [...]
Tags: church planting · Demographics · new churches · social networking · Twitter
Fundraising – Turn a No into a Yes
September 16th, 2009 No Comments
I hear this all the time working with church planters, “I talked to that church today and they said they didn’t have money to support us.” Well of course they said that. What church, especially in this economy, is going to say, “Oh, thank you for calling. We’ve been wondering what we were going to [...]
Tags: church planting · finances · Fundraising · new churches
Developing a Fund Raising Plan
September 9th, 2009 1 Comment
For many church planters fund raising is difficult and one of those practical things you never learned in seminary. Here are some practical tips: Money Follows Vision – nail your vision. Learn to tell your story in a compelling way. Tell life change stories that you can use in fundraising. Nothing will be more important [...]
Tags: church planting · Fundraising · new churches
