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The Love Imbalance We Seek

Ed Welch

How can we love people more than we want to be loved by them? At its heart, this is an issue of worship.
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Church Planter Postpartum Depression?

Clint Clifton

I’ve noticed a sort of “postpartum depression” in church planters after the birth of their new church, between the second and fourth years of their planting journey. It happened to me too – and it nearly caused me to give...
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Church Planters and the Fear of Man

Ed Welch

Who has to deal with the fear of man more? A salesman who is dependent on cold calls every day or a church planter? How do planters get the approval of those around them to win them to a church plant? That’s an issue of the fear of man.
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Why Your Ministry Needs to Multiply

Matt Dirks

You have a big bucket of water and 20 small-mouth bottles 20 feet from you. What's the best way to fill the bottles?
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3 Reflections of a Hard-Headed Church Planter

Mike Godfrey

Though God’s grace has been shown in my life and in the church I serve, I wish I’d remembered the old adage: “God gave you two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you talk.”
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3 Dangers of Indecisiveness

Colby Garman

Leaders make decisions; good leaders make them in time. If you are going to lead well, you must couple your desire to be faithful with a willingness to decide.  
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Your Church is Going to Die

Clint Clifton

People rarely consider how churches begin and almost never consider how they end. Churches, just like people, have lifecycles. They are born and they die. Where is your church in its lifecycle?  
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3 Benefits of Bivocational Church Planting 

Brad Brisco

A new movement is afoot: More church planters are choosing to plant bivocationally because they see it as a more desirable way to plant a new church. Here are three advantages to bivocational church planting.
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Confronting 5 Traits of Dysfunctional Teams

Jeff Mingee

How do I avoid my team becoming dysfunctional? If it is dysfunctional, what do I do? 
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Five Keys to Church Planting Success

Clint Clifton

When I began church planting, I was so zealous to see new churches started and so confident in God’s power to use anyone He chooses that I regularly sent church planters into their mission field with only a pat on the back, even when I questioned...
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Will Planting Mess Up My Kids? 

Noah Clifton

Today, I had someone introduce me like this “This is Noah. His dad started the church.” I get introduced this way very often, as do many kids when their parent’s plant and pastor a church.   The reaction of the child can...
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How Can I Know If I’m Called to Church Planting?

Shane Pruitt

These three brief principles will help anyone wrestling with a call to any area of ministry.
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Demystifying Church Planter Funding

Clint Clifton

Before we start this conversation, it’s important to note that church planting isn’t always a full-time vocational venture. Many church planters choose to work full- or part-time jobs to support their families while church planting. This is a perfectly valid...
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Why Is Planting a Church So Hard?

Brian O'Day

Here are several reasons that may encourage you!
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How Do I Get Started in Planting?

Gabe Martin

To get started in church planting, you must confirm that God has called you to this work. 
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Does the Bible Command us to Plant Churches?

Clint Clifton

You won’t find the term “church planting” in the Bible, but that doesn’t mean church planting is not a biblical idea. If you’re looking for it, you’ll see church planting all over the New Testament. For example: 1. Jesus was...
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Why is Church Planting so Important?

Chris Dowd

We face an interesting time in our history: Both the supply of churches and the demand for them seems to be decreasing. Never has there been a greater need for more churches than right now. Considering this context, let me...
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Why Plant Churches?

Tim Keller

The continual planting of new congregations is the most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in a city and (2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of existing churches. The normal responses to discussions...