This weekend in my devotional time, I spent time pondering how Paul planted a church in a foreign city, particularly Corinth, from Acts 18.  I found several parallels to my current church planting work.
He connected with the local people
When he came to the town, “he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, [...]

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We had a great webinar this afternoon.  Registrations from 10 different countries, covering 31 different states and churches from a wide variety of denominations and traditions.
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Church Hospitality Book Recommendations
How to Welcome Church Visitors, Chris Walker
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When one gathers people for prayer on evangelism, either before an outreach, or if a prayer group wants to focus on of it’s meetings on prayer, I offer to you a simple guideline for such prayer meetings.
1. In the name of Jesus Christ invite the Holy Spirit to lead the prayer group.
We are Christian [...]

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.
See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part I
See Part II of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II
This final section of [...]

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.
Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes.
A philosophy of Ministry
The foundational drive of this [...]

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of struggling churches. It’s a book that is based out of years of practical experience, and has much to say to how a church should engage it’s community.
How does your church connect with the [...]

Presbygrow writes:
We are pleased to announce that our resource for new church development, Starting New Churches: A Discernment Process, has been revised and updated.
I know the principal authors and have skimmed the resource this morning and believe that if you are involved in planting a church, this study would be a good study for your [...]