When it comes to disciple-making, church-planting movements often use a tool known as the Four Fields. Field One (Go) is the entry strategy. Typically, it involves discovering a person of peace, as in Luke 10:1-12 (for a great description of the role of a person of peace read JR Woodward’s article, “The Person of Peace and Their ‘Oikos’”). Field Two …
It’s been a few years for me since my first year of church planting. Back then, I was coming off 15 years of full-time paid pastoral ministry and was uncertain how to make the transition. To be honest, I was in some detox from swimming in a plethora of resources, programs, buildings, and titles. I had never learned what ministry …
An illusion is an error in perception. Over time we subtly rename perception, “reality.” And it is not uncommon to believe we are living in God’s reality when we are actually steeped in personal illusion. The tragedy is that church planters are equally as susceptible to living in illusion as anyone else. I know I am. The 20th century, Serbian …
Ask anyone who has ever started something from scratch and built it from the ground up and they will likely tell you it was one of the most challenging things they have ever done. Church planting is no exception. It is rewarding, but quite challenging. By definition, you are breaking new ground, and this means venturing into the unknown. Most …