After years of church-shrinking, Japan is becoming alert to church multiplication. After attending a couple of Exponential Conferences, my friends launched “Hero Makers Japan.” Two weeks...
I’ve always been intrigued by the “house to house” element in the church immediately after Pentecost. My question, “How could the ‘apostles teaching’ have been paramount when there were only a dozen...
A friend asked me why I “waste time” writing a church planting blog. Good question, I’m supposed to be retired but travel at least 13 weeks a year teaching disciplemaking and church multiplication...
Church planters often struggle with anxiety. There are financial snags, disagreeable people and governmental obstacles that feel like they were sent from hell just to keep you feeling jittery and...
I just heard of a veteran microchurch planter bounced from a mission he had planted because someone in authority thought he “wasn’t trained.” This person had just come off of a self-funded mission to...
Sadly, we know that the last four decades emphasis on church growth produced a net decline in church attendance in America—we need a change in strategy and a new scorecard for success. Some Very Good...
“I need to delegate disciplemaking.” “Running the church takes so much time that I need to delegate that.” “You don’t know how busy I am. This ministry has grown huge and lots of people depend on me...
