Category: Church Planting
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Article From a Church Planter
Here is an article from Jeff Gilbertson, a YWAM church planter in Central Asia, that was passed along to me by John White: Dear Saints, One of the best descriptions we can find of an early church “gathering” is found in Acts 20:7,11: “And on the first day of the week, when we gathered to…
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Church Planting Thoughts
We are continuing the process of starting a third church in our network and have discovered the value of taking it sloooow! We have two great couples who are launching out with a Friday night gathering… and we don’t even want to introduce the term “church” too soon lest it give off the wrong impression…
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Core Values & DNA
As a house church network, we have worked to clarify the core values and DNA that we believe leads to the kind of healthy communities we seek to plant: 1. Participatory– 1 Cor. 14:26 Jesus in the midst of His church through everyone involved Leadership facilitates The Holy Spirit leads the church gatherings; the church…
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Diary of a House Church Plant – Pt. A
Two weeks ago my wife and were having lunch with Aaron and Cindy, a young couple, when they said they wanted to talk about starting a new church. The surprise was that, only days before, we had written their names down as people who would most likely be ready to “sprout” off from one of…
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House Church Planting
My son-in-law attended a church planting workshop put on by New Church Specialties. Although it was focusing on traditional churches, some of the initial preperatory steps are relevant for house church planting: 1. Ask “Why are you doing this?” It’s important to look for verification that God is at work and for confirmation that you…
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Church Planting Lessons
Darren at Living Room posted 10 “Church Planting Lessons.” Here is an overview: 1. DNA – Get some sort of DNA/Core Values etc together. 2. Mission needs to be central. 3. Read ‘The Shaping of Things to Come’ – by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost. It is the best thing I’ve read written about missional…