Are You Reproducing Eunuchs?

Posted by on Mar 31, 2010 in Church Planting, Discipleship | 1 comment 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 haven’t yet, start measuring what you...
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Moving from Values to Covenant

Posted by on Mar 29, 2010 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Missional, Strategy | 3 comments 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 a piece of paper, then they are worthless. For church planters, this...
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The Sunday Show is Spiritual

Posted by on Mar 25, 2010 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Missional | 0 comments 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 great music, my kids enjoyed it, the sermons were relevant.  In other words, people came...
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The Church and Health Care

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in Politics | 5 comments 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 a root fear and...
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Artists Wanted

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in Church Planting, Launch Team, Strategy | 0 comments 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 immediate graphic arts...
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