Features of Church Planting: Old Paradigms vs New in a Post Christian World
Recently, I’ve observed an increase in church plants in my city. I can’t say whether this is an increase over previous years, but new church plants are becoming savvier with social media so maybe I’m just noticing them more. I’ve also noticed...
Planting a Church in Two Months: Pioneering in Canada – Cypher Church
You haven’t heard a lot from me so for this year. That’s mostly because I’ve been working on selling my adult colouring book (it’s been a tough slog to get it into Christian bookstores, particularly in the USA, if you are a retailer let me know...Gutsy: (Mis)Adventures in Canadian Church Planting
If you have any connection to the church planting scene in Canada, or have any intention of doing so, then Gutsy: (Mis)Adventures in Canadian Church Planting is a necessary read. This is the first book from Jared Siebert, national church planting coach for the Free...
Risky Business: Church Transplanting vs. Planting
I believe language matters. When we come to the table to set vision for the future, the meaning behind our words matters. Words like ‘church planting’ or ‘discipleship’, require clarity so any direction moving forward is both...
Vision Casting – Why Top Down Doesn’t Always Work
A lot of the conversation around the missional church surrounds smaller and that can be a challenge for leaders of larger churches struggling with the same tensions of mission. Translating ideas from the missional conversation so they work in the context of big is...
Never Thought I’d Be Here 7 Years Later
This picture means a lot to me. Seven years ago I never would have believed I would’ve be standing on stage sharing my brief story. Actually I should rephrase that. Seven years ago I never would have believed WE, my church community, would be in the place it is...
Why Leadership Development Cripples the Church
This is part 1 of a 2 part series on church leadership. In this edition a look at the way we measure prospective church planters. There’s an unhealthy fascination with leadership development in churches that’s leading to a generation of leaders who are...
Why Traditional Church Planting is Dying
I predict that within 10 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them. – Young Professor Frink, The Simpsons. Professor Frink has never heard about Professor Moore...Why church planting is only for the rich
Conventional church planting is not an enterprise affordable to most churches. The predominant methods most North American churches/denominations use to plant are largely inaccessible by the majority of churches. This should be a red flag that our models are amiss....
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Author of Thrive, and Soul Coats. Pastor, podcaster, entrepreneur, non-profit developer, and sometimes speaker. Writer on anti-racism, re-imagining faith & culture, diversity, reconciliation, and mission.