Posted in Church Planter, Church Planting on November 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Getting ready for the Minnesota Baptist Conference Annual Meeting, as well as some opportunities in January to share the story of our church planting movement, I put together a couple of video’s.
This video speaks to our value of churches planting churches.
Here’s a snapshot of what happened in some of our church [...]
Posted in Church Planter on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Calling.
What is it? How do you know if you’re called or not called to something? How would you describe it?
In my experience, it’s a lot like being in love. It’s difficult to describe love to someone who’s never been. It’s a feeling, but it’s more than that. It’s more like oxygen. It surrounds you and [...]
Posted in Church Planter on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently I was candidating with a church that fell through over what I considered a minor theological issue. Even though the Bible is vague and evangelical Christians hold a variety of views on the subject, it turns out my view was the wrong one. Certainly a church is entitled to their opinion and choosing someone [...]
Posted in Church Planter on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
From the Church Leader’s Intelligence Report (11-14-07)
Leaders don’t allow dollar figures to dictate how they make decisions. Rather, leaders dig within to bring out the best they have to offer to the world - regardless of the compensation. Likewise, they aren’t seduced into settling for a life of luxury. Leaders have a burning passion to [...]
Posted in Church Planter on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Steve Treichler taught us on Revelations 4:1-5:14… We saw the how the stage was set in chapter four, the problem in was seen from 5:1-5:5 and the solution was presented through the end of the passage. Wow – the awesome Sovereignty of God displayed. Man, I love Jesus! He ended the presentation with this [...]
Posted in Church Planter on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Brian Stevens broke us into three groups and gave us 45 minutes (post-production efficiency caused our team to run a little over) to create a video about the Church based on different T.V. shows or Films. Our group was given Pirates of the Caribbean. Here goes:
Posted in Church Planter, Motivation on October 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Every year we do our planters and their wives up. We have an awesome retreat at Cedar Valley Resort, I love this place.
This year our agenda looks like this: ‘07 Agenda
This is one of my high points each year. I love hanging out and learning from these unusually gifted planters:
Rich & Cyndi Bontrager
Wally [...]
Posted in Church Planter, Staff on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Mark Batterson was born in MN and is a church planter extraordinaire who is admired by many of us planter types for his imaginative, innovative, visionary leadership. He is the Lead Pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. In his blog (worth adding to your blog reader), yesterday [...]
Posted in Church Planter, Church Planting on July 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A new planter asked for advice. He wanted to know what to keep his eyes on as he launches this new work. Thinking back, here are a few of my first thoughts:
• Get a coach;
• Lead;
• Think of yourself as a benevolent dictator in the early days;
• Raise additional support;
• Spend it all (trust God for tomorrow);
• Don’t give away titles [...]
Posted in Assessment Center, Church Planter on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I get asked from time to time, “What makes a great church planter?” There are a number of building blocks that assessors look for. Most assessment centers have used the work of Dr Ridley’s “13 Essential Characteristics of a Successful Church Planter” as a backdrop for the indicators they look for.
Mark Bjorlo
Jeff Gauss
Bob Evans
Joel Nelson