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Your Church Plant Master Plan

I consider it a blessing that I get to work with church planters everyday.  Many have done exhaustive research and months of preparation in the area of planning.  But some, unfortunately, place little or no emphasis on planning. The fact is, you will greatly increase the probability of success by creating a well thought-out church planting plan, proposal, or master plan.  Just as you would think through every detail and create a business plan before starting your own business,  you want to think through every aspect of your church plant via what we call a Master Plan. The Master Plan...


Confirm God’s Calling

Has God really called you to start a church? The truth is, many church starters talk themselves into starting a church. Some are disgruntled staff members who think they can lead better than their senior pastor. Others see the church dying and think a new style of worship is the answer.  Others have watched new…

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Church Planters, Spiritual Entrepreneurs

Leadership guru Ken Blanchard once shared with me that you could tell if a person was an entrepreneur by the fourth grade. Church planters are spiritual entrepreneurs. Merriam-Webster defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” I remember starting my first lemonade stand when I was…

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Are You Called?

I’ve watched many church planters with all the right ingredients – the right strategy, good financial resources, the best teachers, obvious demographics – fail. They followed all the conference notes from professionals, and they failed! The had everything but the main thing, a calling from God. This is the first and most important ingredient for…

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Assessment

One of the greatest responsibilities of a church planting organization is to evaluate and develop potential church planters.  Because church planting has a tremendous affect on the planter, the family, the sending organization and church planting resources, a formal assessment process is critical.  Assessment is the process of discerning whether a person is called to…

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