Some churches are intentionally begun with a core group of believers with a sending church's blessing. Other churches are planted where there are not many believers to start with and will usually take longer to get off the ground and reach a level of sustainability. It's a catch-22 because it is a blessing to have Read more

Over the last few months I have written a number of articles on church planting, part chronicle, part theory, and part musings. The most recent one on SharperIron was picked up by a few blogs and described with the words in the title. One blogger thought the series should have been called “Provocations.” Another called Read more

No, this is not about whether or not we have an American flag in our meeting place. We don't. We won’t. Neither do we have a Christian flag. Why we don't is for another post. The flags to which I'm referring are more of a theological nature. These are positions or code words which identify Read more

Why blog about urban church planting? Aren’t there hundreds of guys doing it? Probably. Will what I write make a difference? Don’t know. It will make a difference to me to put down some of my thoughts that to this time have been restricted to articles or essays. And to tell stories. Stories of God’s Read more