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…

Most Christians think that they don’t like evangelism. It’s one of our greatest myths. I know it’s a myth because the Holy Spirit’s business on earth is to magnify Jesus and convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Because God’s Spirit dwells within us, there has to be a better explanation for why most Christians…

Like the rest of the world I’m stunned by the loss of one of its greatest talents. Robin Williams defined most of our childhoods along with Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and the Muppet Show.  I was born in 1973 and so the first exposure I had to Robin Williams’s comedy was in Mork and Mindy.…