The question, "What kind of people are you trying to reach?" is the first and most important question in starting a successful new church.  The answer is critical because it will help determine "What day and time should we meet?"  "Where should we meet?"  "How do we get a crowd?"  "What kind of music should we have?"  "What are the themes we should address?" and much more.

There are three criteria ...

Topics:	Church planting, Community impact, Management, Outreach, Planning, Team building, Vision, Volunteers
Filters:	Church board, Missions, Outreach, Pastor, Volunteer, Worship
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Proverbs 4:25, Matthew 9:17, Luke 6:48
Date Added:	March 11, 2008

You've been called to plant a church—how do you ensure that this new organization will reflect your vision and values? This is an issue of culture—not the culture around your church, but the culture inside it: the values and behaviors that are shared by the people in your congregation. Culture is the DNA of your organization; it's not only a shared ethos, but a shared lifestyle that results ...

Topics:	Church planting, Community impact, Management, Outreach, Planning, Team building, Vision, Volunteers
Filters:	Church board, Missions, Outreach, Pastor, Volunteer, Worship
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Proverbs 4:25, Matthew 9:17, Luke 6:48
Date Added:	March 11, 2008

These are a few of the more subtle landmines that every church planter should consider avoiding. 

Church planters must be very clear in their own hearts, and with those they are leading—they are not in the "church business." A failure to clearly understand "mission" results in utilizing the wrong values for measuring progress and success. In this culture, that cheers for ...

Topics:	Church planting, Community impact, Management, Outreach, Planning, Team building, Vision, Volunteers
Filters:	Church board, Missions, Outreach, Pastor, Volunteer, Worship
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Proverbs 4:25, Matthew 9:17, Luke 6:48
Date Added:	March 11, 2008