It’s not often that I get to interview my “boss”. Now that I’ve gone corporate, I’ve got a few bosses per se, but Kevin Ezell is the reason that I wanted to work with NAMB training church planters. I talk about why in the podcast. We were privileged to sit down with man who may not…

Two young boys taught me the essence of “true” disciplemaking. I grew up in an environment where making disciples meant working with another person to fill in the blanks in a book focused on the Gospel of John. These guys put it back into the perspective of the New Testament. I mean, can you imagine…

Many of you know that I’m the co-host of the Church Planter Podcast from Church Planter Magazine. Today I talk about what most people miss when they discuss planting multi-ethnic church plants. You can actually be fostering segregation if you’re not careful. Having the goal in mind is a game changer, but do you know…

  Let’s consider making churches more easily reproducible. There are three costs involved in church planting. Each of which can be overcome by starting “simple churches” or “house churches” as some call them. The Education Factor The first cost is the expense associated with a seminary or even a Bible college education. Tuition costs are…

  My wife and I recently visited England where we trained a group of pastors and church planters to launch churches from within their own congregations. The group leader is  Surekha Hulugalle, a missionary to England from Sri Lanka. You can watch him in an interview we recently made about church planting in the British Isles. Planting Multi-Ethnic…

    Okay, it’s just Aussie slang. But it carries a punch… Much of the Bible teaches us to put aside worry and anxiety, yet most pastors are plagued by this unhealthy duo. Dwight Eisenhower was quoted, “Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.” As a young pastor a mentor taught…