The 24-SEVEN church plant is about to launch a second campus – and Steve Leddy & Matthew Gamble (Adventist planters in Seattle, Washington) say the third will open soon. I was interested in the way they formed their core team for 24-SEVEN. They first figured out their vision, mission, values, etc. Then they met with… Continue reading →

“People deserve to be loved because they exist,” Ken Loyd told us. Ken & his wife Deborah identify with the poor of downtown Portland, Oregon – amongst whom they have planted The Bridge. They admit, “We are poor!” Ken is now moving on to plant another church among the street kids – while Deborah continues… Continue reading →

“We are a bunch of girls who love the Lord – and love being together,” explains Adele. They get together to share cookies – and to worship and pray for each other. Their next meeting will be in an inner Melbourne city garden. “We plan to have some really nice fruit and serve coffee to… Continue reading →

“We live in the church!” says Janine Houston. “Because the word church means ‘God’s people’ – we are church. We do life together, rescue people in crisis & care for people.” JEM stands for Justice, Empowerment, Mission. There are 17 living in the house at the moment – in an outer Melbourne suburb. The kettle… Continue reading →

Yesterday I met Steve Bartlett – planter of Bayside Community Church in Sydney and director of a newly formed School of Church Planting at Morling College. Bayside (6 years old) is now planting another church – in a Gloria Jeans Cafe. (For those who don’t know – Gloria Jeans is a commercial coffee cafe chain.)… Continue reading →

Alfa Gospel Praises has multiplied out of the Nová Šance plant – and is at the heart of an innovative approach to church planting for postmoderns in Záb?eh, Czech Republic. “It is impacting our town,” Martin Veselý, church planting coordinator for the Adventists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, told me by Skype. “More than… Continue reading →

The Kingsway @ the Queensway is the name of a new plant (in the Queensway pub in Scunthorpe, England), that has multipled out of the newly planted Cottage Beck Café Church. It has been running every Saturday at 3 pm, since mid-January. “We have 7 regulars besides the Café Church team,” say planters Isobel and… Continue reading →