Posted in Resources on October 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I was looking to put some reading resources together and found some great PDF’s and an awesome list of Books at http://www.newchurches.com:
New Churches recommended reading list
Recommended PDF’s
Annotated Church Planting Bibliography by Ed Stetzer (pdf) *UPDATED OCT 2006
Calvary chapel (pdf)
History of Calvary Chapel (pdf)
The Vineyard Movement (pdf)
Ed Stetzer’s writings on church [...]
Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I was meeting about the new beta.pastors.com website during the final session - you can read some great notes at: Dave Ferguson’s Blog. Here are his (abridged) highlights:
You don’t have an option - the great commission is your mission. God wants to expand your vision and your mission.
GOD IS CALLING US TO A GLOBAL VISION
FIVE GLOBAL [...]
Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The panel got into a great discussion about the book: The Female Brain. It sounds like a “must read”.
Here is a description from Wikipedia:
The Female Brain is a book by Louann Brizendine, M.D., whose main thesis is that women’s behavior is radically different from that of men due to hormonal differences. Brizendine says that the human female brain is affected by the following hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, (oxytocin), neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin), [...]
Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Hey - You can see the live feed of main sessions HERE>>>
Posted in BGC, Resources, tagged Church Health on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Based on the 12 Characteristics of a Healthy Church
The following is a tool to help a church evaluate itself in regard to the Twelve Characteristics of a Healthy Church. Remember, no church is a perfect 5 in every area; there’s always room for improvement and progress. Areas of imperfection provide a strong bias for [...]
Posted in Resources on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
NewChurches website has a great new look and a ton of tools.
Here are some of there Most Popular FREE Downloads
Church Planting Survivability Report (pdf)
Launch Plan Checklist
Sample Launch Plan (pdf)
Equipment Checklist
NewChurches.com Church Planting Tutorial (pdf)
Leadership Network Church Planting Resources
Creating an Outreach Plan (guidelines/template) (pdf)
Creating a Marketing Plan (guidelines/template) (pdf)
Getting Started with Blogs, RSS Feeds and Podcasts [...]
Posted in Resources on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In my opinion, Cutting Edge is the single-best ministry magazine out there. It is the church-planting mag of the Vineyard Church and with interviews and articles by “heroes of the faith” like Eugene Peterson, Rick Warren, Stanley Hauerwas, Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, etc. it is one of the few Christian magazines that actually lives up [...]
Posted in Resources, Uncategorized on September 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I look forward to opening the email from Church Leaders Intelligence Report every time it shows up in my in-box. There are often fun facts and tidbits that I can pug into messages. It is worth subscribing to IMHO.
Laws of Lifetime Personal Growth At what age did you stop growing taller? The average [...]
Posted in Church Planting, Resources on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
In my humble opinion this church planting gig is the wildest ride known to mankind. There are a number of very helpful resources that I have used or have discovered that can make your job a little easier.
One resource that was extremely helpful to me was the discussion forum at Pastors.com. I have found it [...]
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