Church Planting Minute

Hey there Ninjas, I’m re-launching my video series, the Church Planting Minute! These are quick videos about a minute long (sometimes 2 minutes) where I talk about different Church Planting topics! This week I have two to share with you and from here on out you’ll see a new one every week!

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Components of a Christ like Leader

Self-controlled; upright, holy, and disciplined: Together, these make a complete picture. They represent a man whose eyes aren’t darting at every boob job at church, or streaming internet porn behind the office door. In the end, you’re known for being consistent throughout your life because the eyes of God are prized higher than the eyes…

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Components of a Christ like Leader

Being above reproach is the summary of all that Paul lists in the passage. It is so important that Paul states it twice; once in verse 6, then again in verse 7. There should be no gaping holes in a leader’s character. Any truly humble leader wrestles with the statements in this list, wondering if…

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THE SCANDAL OF CHURCH PLANTING

Stop and think about the implications of this. Everyday believers who had their gifts awoken, and were living in microchurches found it no challenge at all to organically plant a church when all you changed was their address. When you moved them geographically, they became little seeds of the gospel, proficient in planting without the…

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Church Planting With No Worship Leader

This week Peyton Jones and Pete Mitchell sit down to talk about Church Planting With No Worship Leader. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. A lot of us have a preconceived notion in our mind of how our worship time should be set up. For many of us, services are started…

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SURGE OR SPLINTER CELL?

Some people see a difference between a launch team and a core team.  They see a launch team as an additional group of people who come to help you for a set period of time, such as 4 weeks to 6 months.  After that period, they head back to the sending church.  You can have…

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Church Planting with no team

This week Peyton Jones and Pete Mitchell sit down to talk about Church Planting with no team. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. I talk a lot about the importance of having a team around you when you start your church plant. In fact, I recently did a series of newsletters…

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DON’T JUMP TO SOON

Traditionally, a Jump School instructor teaches you to count before you pull a ripcord after flinging yourself out of the hatch of an airplane.   There’s also an ideal gestation period for a core team to develop.  You need to be able to move as a unit, not be scattered around the countryside like matchsticks.  In…

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Red Light, Green Light, Pray

When you pull the rip cord from a thousand feet up in the air, you need to know a couple of things, and you need to know them quick!  Otherwise, your lunch is going to be all over the jump zone, as well as your internal organs.  Telling somebody to pull the ripcord is one…

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Success and the church

This week Pete Mitchell and I discuss Success and the church. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. People view success in different ways. For some it’s financial success, when you stop living week to week and are able to start saving and having a buffer. For others its about reaching people,…

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