Archive for March, 2010

Are You Reproducing Eunuchs?

Discipleship is an essential element of the church. All Christians are called to the ministry of discipleship. It’s in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). So a true disciple of Christ is a discipler of others. They reproduce themselves. The concept of reproduction is a critical health metric for any believer or church. So if you [ READ MORE ]

Moving from Values to Covenant

I’m reading Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways and I’ll admit it’s prompting lots of thoughts.  On p. 47 he discusses the values of a church.  He mentions that values aren’t that valuable.  Rather it’s the actions of the church that are more important.  In other words, if your values are no more than words on [ READ MORE ]

The Sunday Show is Spiritual

A friend of mine is working on a thesis for a master’s degree.  As part of the thesis, he did a survey of people attending our church.  *The following is not scientific data, but some conclusions I think you’ll agree with.  What we found is that most people came to the church because there was [ READ MORE ]

The Church and Health Care

Yesterday the House passed the most sweeping (and expensive) changes to the country in my lifetime.  I’ve noticed among many conservative Christians a passionate desire to see this bill voted down.  Many have become more upset over health care than traditional Christian political issues such as the definition of marriage and abortion.  This passion communicates [ READ MORE ]

Artists Wanted

A significant challenge many church planters face is bringing artists to the new church.  Many church planters highly value the arts and desire to incorporate arts into worship.  But not being artists themselves, building relationships with artists can be a challenge.  Here’s one idea to help initiate these relationships: Craigslist.  Every church planter has the [ READ MORE ]

What Do I Do at Launch Team Meetings?

Pt. 1 Building a Launch Team is Priority One Pt. 2 How Big Should the Launch Team Be? Pt. 3 Who Should Be Excluded from the Church? Pt. 4 Should I use a launch team covenant? Pt. 5 How Do I Build Momentum with the Launch Team? Launch team meetings are DNA setting experiences.  What [ READ MORE ]

How Do I Build Momentum with the Launch Team

Pt. 1 Building a Launch Team is Priority One Pt. 2 How Big Should the Launch Team Be? Pt. 3 Who Should Be Excluded from the Church? Pt. 4 Should I use a launch team covenant? I worked with a planter once who had 40 adults on his launch team from day one.  Three months [ READ MORE ]

Should I Use a Launch Team Covenant?

Pt. 1 Building a Launch Team is Priority One. Pt. 2  How Big Should the Launch Team Be? Pt. 3 Who Should Be Excluded from the Church? Launch Team Covenants (as well as membership covenants) are about one thing: Expectations.  In part 3, I talked about filters for deciding who should be on the launch [ READ MORE ]

Who Should Be Excluded from the Church

Building a Launch Team is Priority One How Big Should the Launch Team Be In this post, we take a look at who should be included and excluded from the launch team.  Some of you may be saying, wait did you say exclude?  I thought we wanted big launch teams.  The answer is yes, you [ READ MORE ]

How Big Should the Launch Team Be?

Part 1: Building a Launch Team is Priority One. To answer this question about launch teams you have to begin with the end in mind.  One exercise I work through with each church planter is to explore what their expectations are for opening Sunday.  First, estimate how many people will be in attendance on opening [ READ MORE ]

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