Time to Adjust Methods of Church Planter Assessment?
Cutting the Cost and Updating Development *Originally re-posted in May 2015, edited and re-posted.* I took an initial church planting assessment tool online and failed…. Turns out I don’t have what it takes. Despite planting two churches, a career as an...
The Future of Ministry is Bi-Vocational
Bi-vocationalism means having different sources of income rather than one single job. 4 years ago I wrote this blog post on the topic challenging the notion that ministry should be full-time work (proponents are largely unaware what a privilege full-time ministry is)....
The Church That Only Non-Christians Call Home
The recent church plant I co-planted called Cypher Church, is nearing the one-year anniversary mark. Long story short, the ride thus far has been incredible. We’re talking early church kind of incredible! Our first service last February was an Spirit encounter...
Two Kinds of Church Planters, One Will Succeed, One Will Fail
Building off a previous post on church planting comparing old and new paradigms of church planting, here is an anecdote about two types of church planters. One will fail and one will succeed. The context? My city of Calgary. Housing is really expensive here, most of...
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...
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Author of Thrive, and Soul Coats. Church planter, entrepreneur, non-profit developer, and sometimes speaker. Writer on re-imagining faith & culture including diversity, reconciliation, and mission. From Canada to the world.
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