Leadership is a funny thing. Often it requires little more than looking at a situation from a different angle. Good leaders do this well. When dealing with “crisis” moments we can either let them...
Should church multiplication be about planting bigger churches. Or, should church planting be about planting many small churches? Both are wrong answers. The true fruit of an apple tree is not apples...
A friend of mine, named Kaz Sekine, planted a successful church in the heart of Tokyo where real estate costs are among the highest on earth. With nowhere available to rent they had to innovate. Kaz...
Thinking of planting a church? Or, perhaps multiplying one from your congregation? Maybe you pastor a “portable church” that meets in public spaces. The following might be helpful to you. It is an...
(NOTE: Watch a 4 minute video of Patrick) I moved from Ghana to the United States because of a command, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father...
Watch this 17 minute video with Dave Ferguson, President of Exponential and myself. In it we discuss some of the tensions accompany church planting. Church multiplication is important. We need to...
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...
