Questions For Church Planters

Will Mancini is one of my favorite people and thinkers in the church world. Love this post he had this week on church planting.  Great questions for those starting churches…

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Reproduction

Excited for this weekend at Verve because our Church Planting Resident, Tommy, is teaching. He’s gonna share some amazing personal stories, and he’ll do an awesome job, and people will grow because of it. And that’s all great, but that’s only part of why it’s great. In the Bible the church is called the “body…

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The Makings Of A Church Planter (5)

Been sharing critical characteristics of a church planter, and they are not necessarily in order of importance. They’re all musts. This one is a definite must:  You must be passionate about helping people who are far from God get close to God. And I’ll add: It sure wouldn’t hurt if you had some idea of…

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The Makings Of A Church Planter (4)

I’ve been sharing some thoughts on a few of the critical characteristics of an effective church planter. Here’s a fourth: You must have serious relational intelligence and amazing relational dexterity.  As a church planter you’ll have to: Move into, understand, and start to network in a new town. Get people to buy into and own…

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The Makings Of A Church Planter (3)

After starting two churches from scratch, I’m often asked what kind of person makes for a successful church planter. I’ve two posts on critical characteristics so far, here’s a third:  The ability to see and sell the future. In most of life, including leading an existing church, there’s a lot about the present that gets…

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