I’m currently in the middle of a week spent teaching church multiplication to a “family” of church planters called, “Nexus.” I met the leaders at a recent Exponential gathering where we...
When I told my buddy about my church planting plans, he said, “You’ll never let go of the ring, Frodo, they never do.” My friend Ken Hiroshige was also my dentist. He drilled me with words while...
Guest Blogger: David Housholder, Robinwood Church, Huntington Beach, CA “Be Fruitful and Multiply.” Not the greatest commandment, but certainly the first one. And repeated several times to make sure...
Last Sunday, I announced my retirement (from our church–I still have other fish to fry) at the end of 2017. I’ll be four years into a new church plant. We’re passing the baton of...
I recently visited Sapporo, Japan. The snow was beautiful and preparations for the Ice Festival were quite interesting. I was there to teach a seminar about making disciples and planting churches...
People often ask why I expend so much energy on making disciples and planting churches. Early on, I conjured up the idea that if I were to plant churches it would leverage my gifts and skills. That...
The church in Mongolia is growing rapidly, mostly due to church planting. When I arrived in 2000, the pastors were a divided and competitive lot. Each was hoping to build a mega-church. My first trip...