Church Planters-What Do You See (A Reflection from A Christmas Carol)?
My family and I recently watched A Christmas Carol. You know the story. Scrooge is visited by different spirits, trying to provide him with a different perspective on his past, present, and future. Each apparition challenges him to see his world from a different angle. At times, we all need a change of perspective for [...]
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Leading Your Church in Church Planting: Part 4-Avoiding the Nestea Plunge
I am going back to my series today on Leading Your Church in Church Planting. While I have additional posts coming on Cape Town 2010, I felt that I needed to return to the present series. You can find parts 1-3 listed below: Part 3: Some Resources to Get You Started Part 2: 7 Reasons [...]
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Apostolic Missionaries and the Urban Contexts
Over this past week, I have posted about issues related to urban missions. While I hope to do more in the future, I wanted to conclude this series by addressing a matter that I believe is a critical missing link to urban missions today, particularly in western contexts. This issue is the missing element of [...]
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Apply P.L.A.N.T.S. When Training Church Planters
I am encouraged by the number of churches in the United States that are getting involved in church planting. Over the past few years, a growing number of churches have started (or considering) training church planters through internships. This is a good thing. May their tribe increase! In 2007, I wrote an article for Lausanne World [...]
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Ethical Guidelines for Church Planters
I have been troubled by what I believe is a missioloigcal malpractice among many church planters today. If we say we are Kingdom citizens living by a Kingdom Ethic, then that Ethic must govern all of life, including our church planting philosophies and methods. While we talk about the Great Commission and Kingdom advancement, we fail to allow the truth of the Scriptures (esp. on [...]
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