Church Planting Essentials pt. 3
Essential 3: You need money. It takes money to plant a church. There is no way...
Resources for Church Planting
Church Planting Essentials pt. 2
Essential #2 In the “4 Essentials for every church planter” series, the second essential is this:...
Church Planting Essentials pt. 1
No one is ever “officially ready” to plant a church, but there are essentials that help...
Christ-Centered Preaching: Part 3
This is my third and final post in a three part series (part one, part two)...
Christ-Centered Preaching: Part 2
This is the second post in a three part series on Christ-centered preaching and teaching (part...
The goal of Christ-centered preaching
Baptists through the years have emphasized the need for Christian preachers to preach the unsearchable riches...
A simple guide to Mercy Ministry
In the previous blog posts for this week, we discussed the rationale for mercy ministry as...
How do I start a Mercy Ministry?
In the last blog post, I discussed the rationale for starting a mercy ministry in your...
4 reasons why Mercy Ministry is absolutely vital
If I say that mercy ministry is absolutely vital—which I think it is—to a church’s local...
What are the steps to becoming a church planter?
If you were ever part of a sports team growing up you probably had a coach...
Serving as a church planting apprentice
I had just left seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and was en route to join a...
NAMB’s Farm System: Serving as a Church Planting Intern
My journey of life on mission began my sophomore year of collge. As a 19-year-old student,...
Serving as a student missionary
As a full-time college student, my life consists of a frantic schedule of studying, writing papers,...
I could tell she felt terrible. I had just blessed and dismissed the congregation, and she...
It was spring break 1996 and I was a sophomore in high school. While other kids...
Very few Christians today use the word “propitiation” as part of their regular vocabulary, even fewer...
How To Mobilize College Students to Live On Mission
College students are flakey, immature, ignorant and the best missionaries to grace the church. Sure, you...
Top Ten Things To Do When Planting On or Near a College Campus
In the last few years there has been a lot more focus on planting on or...
Why Collegiate Church Planting Matters
“If we can win the university today, we will win the world tomorrow.” Bill Bright, founder...
Church planters tend to have an image problem. It is said, sometime joking and sometimes serious,...
When NOT to Multiply a Missional Community?
Editor’s Note: Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement....
When should I multiply a missional community?
Editor’s Note: Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement....
Why Multiply A Missional Community?
Editor’s Note: Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement....
Avoiding Disappointment Distraction
At Buck Run, we designate June as a special month of Wednesday night events, most of...
How to thrive during pastoral challenges
When Paul described the burden of ministry that God has given us, he concluded by asking...
How to minister during suffering
We’ve been spending some time in Psalm 4, learning from David as he responds to deep...
Last week I argued that it’s not human responsibility to define human need, giving three reasons...
I’ve been spending some time reflecting on Jesus’ teaching from Matthew 6. I’ve laid out 3...
Collegiate Church Planting Resources
Collegiate Reaching Reading List College Ministry in a Post-Christian Culture – Steve Lutz Building a Discipling Culture – Mike...
Knowing and Engaging Your Community
“To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called...
It was 12 years ago that a neighbor invited my family to a church plant called Sojourn....
When I first moved to New Orleans, a couple of church planters invited me to a...
How to make the most of an apprenticeship at your church
With the recent emphasis in church planting among evangelicals, there is now more than ever a...
Next: Discovering, Developing, and Deploying Future Leaders (e-book)
Most pastors will point to a person who was most responsible for shaping their call to...
Shepherding the Harassed and Helpless: Counseling and the Local Church
Counseling in the local church can be a daunting task, riddled with complexities on numerous issues...
Just a couple of years ago, in the city where I am a pastor, I saw...
Have you thought about revitalization?
“Have you thought about revitalization?” My missions professor asked me this question one day as I...
Introducing Legacy Church Planting
Yesterday we introduced you to passion that the North American Mission Board has for bringing support...
Dying Churches Matter to God…and to NAMB
A dying church robs God of His glory. The key to revitalization of a church near...
Every leader has a ‘to do’ list – but they often miss the ‘to be’ list. Since...
In a blog post yesterday Slavery: We Must End It, I wrote about the Christian’s responsibility...
Do Christians have a role in addressing slavery?
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy...
Church foundation: Eating from gardens we didn’t plant
Alan Briggs It’s easy to criticize that which we don’t understand. As a young church...
How to help your wife in the process of church planting
When my husband and I first considered that God might be calling us to plant a...
3 reasons why I am a missionary coach
“Do you think coaching will be around a few years from now or will it be...
8 ways coaches help leaders who are stuck
In the coastal region of South Carolina where I live, there is a sticky type of...
Colossians 1:18-20 – Is peace really possible?
He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn...
Embracing Fierce Conversations: Two Important Lessons for Coaches
“While no single conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a career, a company, a...
Generosity as a Church: Releasing Your Best
How much should a church give to church planting or missions in general? Should a church...
Coaching: The Central Thread of Leadership Development
In The Central Thread of Leadership Development by Robert E. Logan and Thomas Clegg, you’ll finally...
When Clay Holcomb moved to Portland, Oregon to start a church, he knew he’d probably be...
6 reasons missionary coaching doesn’t always work
I discovered coaching in 2003 when Bob Logan became my executive coach. My motivation for the...
How to Pastor Without Losing Your Wife’s Heart
As a pastor’s wife, I watch people pull on my husband on Sundays and listen as...
40 Questions to Help You Coach in Deep Water
In Proverbs, God provides a picture of deeper relationships: “The purpose in a man’s heart is...
What do you think of when you hear the word “coach?” I think of my 8th...
In a city where the mountains are king, some people say Jesus is ignorable. But in...