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...
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...
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’ve spent my adult life making disciples and multiplying churches. That has often been a lonely road to walk. For years the general attitude in churches was that we could win our culture to Christ...
Church planting is a daunting business. Only the faith-filled and faithful should apply for the job. For most it is a cross-cultural experience—unless they plant in their hometown where prophets...
Bumped into an interesting experience on a trip to Sydney, Australia that points toward the role of one generation supporting the next as we plant churches and take the gospel to the nations. Had a...
Growing up in the church, I heard legalism. When I went to college at the University of Michigan, I heard grace and learned about making disciples I became a follower of Christ through the efforts of...
