Vault Quotes

I mentioned last week that the response to the Vault church planters lab was overwhelming. Here’s just a few quotes from the evaluation forms: “I have been to several conferences and this is by far the best- from content to friendliness of the staff. Thanks!” “Best conference content ever!” “At the risk of sounding dramatic-…

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Vault

Last week I announced Vault, the lab we’re putting on for church planters. We’re gonna equip church planters to start churches for people who don’t like church. There are all kinds of conferences and books on how to start a church, but they don’t focus on reaching the cynical and skeptical. It will be really…

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Good Read on Launching

I know a lot of church planters read this blog, and at least a few entrepreneur types, and if you all want a great read, check out Seth Godin’s blog entry from the other day. He makes a bunch of great points about the launch of Apple’s new iPad. My favorites? “Don’t try to please…

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The Venue?

Twelve years ago I started a church in Virginia Beach and we had our services in a movie theater. We planned to do the same here but when we decided to do services on Sunday mornings AND Monday evenings, the cost to rent two places a week grew. With the economy there are a ton…

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Creating Movement … From Nothing

Awhile back I was at an event where they had people trying to pull a truck. Guys would pull with all their might, it might budge an inch or two, then they would stop pulling quite so hard for a second, and the truck would roll right back into it’s original spot. It took not…

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