3 Ways to love your spouse well on the church planting journey
What’s at stake if we plant a successful church, but fail in our marriage?
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Ways to reach your community: Intro
Reaching your community with the gospel of Jesus Christ requires what I call “church-community intersections.” In …
How to Deal with Being Far From Family
“Come over to Macedonia to help us.” Macedonia? Let me translate that for you: “Far from …
How to plant your church without losing your spouse: Pay attention
If we are discussing “How to plant your church without losing your spouse,” the most significant …
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9 characteristics of a church planter: Family dynamics
We plant gospel-centered churches because it is the prescribed Great Commission strategy found in the Scripture. …
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The Emotionally Healthy Planter: Family
Where’d that come from? We’ve probably all asked this question from time to time. Something happens …
Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 3
What we are finding is that there is a special joy that comes from sharing in …
Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 2
As hard as this process has been so far—here is what we are learning, slowly and …
Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 1
This series of posts was originally written in November 2016. We have been home from China …
Friendship and the pastor’s wife: In friendship, resist the discomfort of receiving
On my first Sunday as a pastor’s wife, a college girl approached me with a question …
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How to keep a healthy perspective as a pastor’s wife
I was standing at the door after church, talking with folks, when a woman who’d been …
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The difference between church relationships and friendships
My husband and I have been in full-time vocational ministry since the day we were married. …
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Genesis 2:18 – Keeping a marriage strong as a church planter
I will never forget the day that my husband sat me down and said the words, …
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How to encourage your wife while planting a church
Regardless of where you are in your church planting journey, chances are you know how essential …
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Free guide: How to build a successful marriage
The majority of Christians I meet like the idea of church planting conceptually but would never …
Where is church planting in the Bible?
The majority of Christians I meet like the idea of church planting conceptually but would never …
Another year brings with it the history of story after story of pastors who are removed …
How to remain an effective pastor in 2017
Over the past few years I’ve grown increasingly convinced that my (over)dependence on technology is having …
Most popular of 2016: #4 Raising kids to love the church: Jeff Christopherson
The North American Mission Board is blessed by a wide array of voices that speak to …
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How to raise kids to love the church
I’ve been part of church plants ever since I can remember. My dad took over as …
Raising Kids to Love the Church: Laura Christopherson
Six months into our first pastorate, I had a real “aha” moment. I didn’t even know …
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Raising kids to love the church: Jeff Christopherson
Laura and I always invested our savings in the next church plant, so we were constantly …
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When I think about the things I wish I would’ve known prior to launching WALK Church …
There are few things that will get you out of your comfort zone more than planting …
The Planter’s Wife in Community: Challenges
Odds are, when your wife joined you on the journey of church planting, she left her …
The Planter’s Wife in Community: Intentionality and Cultivation
Community requires intentionality and cultivation Think of something that happens quickly. A roller coaster ride. A …
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The Planter’s Wife in Community: Openness and Vulnerability
For the first eight years of our ministry at an established church, I didn’t have a …
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The Planter’s Wife in Community
She Needs Community “Lonely and isolated” are words that many ministry leaders, male and female, use …
Redefining Success: Family Culture
What makes a church successful? Is it the number of those who attend the weekly gathering, …
Lessons learned from church planting
My friend Jenny was over recently, and my youngest son bounded into the room. He’s getting …
The importance of prioritizing as a church planter
This summer I stood in front of a room full of church planting wives and took …
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Why spousal support from pastors is important
One of the more pleasant surprises of this blog the past few years is the opportunity …
Putting God first: Leading my family
The heresy of the evangelical order A divine order has become almost sacrosanct in evangelical subculture; …
Make Your Church Adoption-Friendly
When I pastored Highview Baptist in Louisville my friend David Melber and his wife, Tera, started …
5 Reasons Why I Want My Husband to Have a Coach
Coaching Reflections from a Church Planting Wife By Heather Bond I am a church planting wife. …
Counseling tools: Recoverig from addiction
The Darkness Runs Deep I’ve done recovery ministry for six years, and it didn’t take long for …
Counseling Tools: Premarital Plan
For almost a decade I’ve been pastoring a church plant in the heart of downtown Columbia, …
How to stay healthy in the ministry
A few years ago I felt the itch to do something I had never done before. …
Planting healthy: The gift of rest
The Lord gives good gifts. Few people would likely disagree with this claim. He gives love, …
Just prior to take-off, the scheduled, and albeit slightly annoying, safety instructions are announced on the …
Father Models – Ten Roles Dads Play with Their Kids
Continuing our parenting series, we look specifically to fathers. Fathers play many roles in rearing their …
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Getting to Know God With Your Children
We’ve been working through a series of biblical and practical thoughts on parenting. This is something …
How to shepherd your children | NAMB
Most pastors would affirm our priority is first to shepherd our family, and then to shepherd …
How to plant a church without losing your family
One of the great things about YouTube is the fact that anyone can post a video. …
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Pastor Dad: How to Lead a Family Devotion
Each evening at exactly 7:00 pm, my wife and I call our children downstairs for a …
Church Planting Essentials pt. 1
No one is ever “officially ready” to plant a church, but there are essentials that help …
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 …
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Just a couple of years ago, in the city where I am a pastor, I saw …
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 …
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