Must see – Floyd Says ‘Hi’

Dave Lawton, church planting coordinator from Crossway, recently spent time with Floyd and Sally McClung in South Africa. At ‘retiring age’ Floyd and Sally moved to South Africa to cultivate a planting movement across nations. He shares some gems on church planting – in just 2 ½ minutes: go to Floyd Says ‘Hi’. You will… Continue reading →

How to be WITH your community!

For the last week Monte Sahlin, Andy & Mayda Clark and I have led a fresh expressions dialogue – based at the Carnegie Community Services Centre, a church plant in Pittsburgh (USA). Since late 2004 Andy & Mayda have developed incredible & deep networks in the community. Here are Andy’s practical suggestions on how to… Continue reading →

Churches of the People!

Many Christians are opting for simpler forms of church – as they take faith to their friends and families, they are taking church home, out in the forest, beside a lake, or into a cafe! There they eat, pray, encourage, read the Bible, discuss, apply faith to life, share the Lord’s Supper, lead friends to… Continue reading →

Persecution & Planting

Those involved in planting movements say: ‘We’ve never seen a church planting movement without persecution.’ Check out Steve Addison’s blog. And, don’t be surprised if the attacks come from within the church! See Acts 21:20f.

Lessons from a Planter

1. Be up front about Jesus. 2. Keep moving. 3. Stop planting churches. Start making disciples. 4. Cast vision early for simple neighborhood churches. 5. Stop trying to reach one person at a time. Look for the person of peace, then … 6. Don’t focus on ‘mature’ Christians. The newest believers are … 7. Begin… Continue reading →

7-9 @ Carmel

This is a fresh opportunity for secondary students at Carmel College to ‘experience God’ and also ‘participate in community service programs.’ At the Western Australia Church Planting Summit the ‘4-14 Window’ was discussed, the research that indicates most who accept Jesus do so between 4 and 14 years of age. Most churches do well at… Continue reading →

2010 Exponential Conference

The 2010 Exponential Conference is quickly approaching – April 19-22, 2010. ‘We are expecting over 3,000 church planting leaders to converge on Orlando,’ Todd Wilson, Director of the Exponential Network, tells me. The theme for the conference is Transformation. For more details check out Exponential.

Vive Café is ‘Church’!

For many of the approximately 100 community people who come in for fellowship and friendship – and a three course meal each Thursday evening, this is their ‘church’. Revive church plant (Melbourne, Australia) has a praise and commitment time each Saturday evening, a bunch of small groups and mid-week church, prayer fellowship every Monday evening,… Continue reading →