I Don’t Like My Church Plant: The Need for Contextualization

Posted by on May 10, 2010 in Church Planting, Missional, Strategy | 0 comments I spent a year in Northern Virginia at New Life Christian Church.  The church planter, Brett Andrews, told me something that has always stuck in my memory.  He said, “I don’t like my church plant.”  This of course let to a befuddled reply of, “What do you mean, you don’t like your church plant.”  Brett replied, “If I had planted this church for me we...
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Pastoring the Prayer Team

Posted by on May 4, 2010 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Pastoral, Prayer | 0 comments One of the early milestones that any church planter must accomplish is developing a prayer support team.  I’ve seen hundreds of prayer updates over the years from church planters.  The majority of them all sound about the same.  Most include prayer for more funding, the right facility, an upcoming event and prayers for people to come.  Notice a theme?  The prayers are primarily...
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