Church Planting

Transience and Church Planting

Ask me what the biggest challenge is in my church planting experience and I’ll probably give you an answer something like this: Resistant Community + High Transience = Difficulty in Becoming Self-Sustaining I knew

Plant in Hard Places

The advice is good, as far as it goes. “Your ability to plant a church successfully is dependent upon your community’s spiritual fertility,” writes Ben Arment. Five plus years into planting, I

Church Planting on Startup Podcast

I’m a fan of Gimlet Media. When I was in the early stages of church planting, I loved listening to season one of Startup Podcast. I found commonalities between starting a new

An Old Church Blesses a New One

A former student of mine went to pastor an older church. That church celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. As part of their celebration, they raised money to give to a new church.