Posted by Jeff Jackson at 12:04 pm
Thanks to google analytics here is a list of the 10 most viewed and talked about blog posts on my site in 2009:
10. Interview with Dave Ferguson
9. Its Time to Start Thinking Different
5. 21 Questions to Ask Before Planting
4. What I’ve Learned About Church Growth
Posted by Jeff Jackson at 5:10 pm
Everyone likes a good new year’s resolution but have your ever made one for you church? This is a great way to recast vision especially if you started to experience vision slippage at the end of 2009 (watch for a post soon about vision slippage). The first objection to this resolution is that most resolution don’t stick or people don’t stick to the resolutions. How can we make our church’s new year’s resolution stick in the hearts and minds of our people.
Make 2010 be the best year the Kingdom of God has ever seen!
Posted by Jeff Jackson at 10:21 pm
There is nothing more important to a church planter than his wife. So keeping that in mind how do you sustain your marriage through the church planting years. Hear are the ten rules you must live and die by to protect your most important asset.
Take if for what it is worth…just don’t forget that you can’t do it without her for lots of reason but mostly because no one else will but up with you (all us church planters are crazy)! For more church plant inspiration check out my interview with Dave Ferguson.
Posted by admin at 10:37 pm
First, I would like to express that I do not consider myself to be a church growth expert, although I would like to become one!! I wanted to share some insights that I have discovered from some of the churches that I follow. I love to follow churches that are experiencing growth that can only be explained as a work of God. Most of these church plants have been in existence for less that five years with the exception of a few churches by they are still thinking like a church plant and not a church (there is a big difference). I started seeing some trends between these churches and here is what I learned.
So that is what I have learned about church growth. Here is a short list of some of the churches that I follow. If you are thinking about planting a church here is some questions you might want to ask CLICK HERE. If are interested in planting a church in Indiana hit me up HERE.
New Spring Church
Elevation Church
Aviator Church
Coming Soon Covenant Church
Posted by admin at 9:43 am
Just for fun…I wanted to show you what everyone has been doing on my site. Happy reading and don’t forget to give your two cents!
Top Five Articles for this month:
Posted by Jeff Jackson at 10:00 pm
That is right, I am asking everyone not to go to church but instead to be the church. How about we raise up a generation that is passion about Kingdom work and not afraid to stand up for Jesus. It is not enough to just stand on the side lines it is time to get in the game. So how can we be the church?
1. Make church and your relationship with God a priority.
2. Don’t sit back and let the hired guns (your pastors) do all the ministry. Ministry is meant for the people!
3. Go for broke! (this is my current life saying…take no prisoners…charge hell with a water pistol…you get it!)
4. Live your life through the eyes of Jesus.
5. As Perry Noble says, “Kick Satan in the cookies.”
Posted by Jeff Jackson at 2:18 pm
I just want you to know how much I respect Dave Ferguson the pastor of Community Christian Church in Naperville, IL. I’m an aspiring church planter and I am doing as much research as I can to prepare for the future. I thought it would be smart to talk to the guys who are planting and learn from their experience (thanks @kevinrapp for pushing me over the edge). I hit Dave up on Twitter asking him if he would discuss church planting with him and he immediately responded. I sent him some questions and here are his responses:
1. If you had to plant all over again what would you do different?
First, if your vision is to be a reproducing church (and I hope that is the case!) than the one thing I would do over was have 2-3 apprentice church planters/campus pastors on my team. I would have them raise their own money to do a leadership residency with the plan that within 12-24 months we would either reproduce a new church or site.
Second, we should have raised more money. It was very tight for us from the beginning. I think God used that – but it was tight.
2. What is the biggest challenge to casting vision to your launch/leadership team?
(I’m answering this question with the assumption that a reproducing infrastructure of small groups is essential to becoming a reproducing church) I think one of the great challenges is getting second generation reproduction from your small groups. If your staff team all starts small groups it is a challenge to get the small groups to believe that they will do great under the new leadership of a lay person. Once you break threw that second generation of small group reproduction you will see real momentum.
Both. I believe that with a close proximity that multi-site will give you a bigger return but requires greater leadership. If you can’t do both – do church planting.
Make sure you hear from God everyday. If you hear from God everyday and obey him and teach your people to hear from God everyday and obey him – you will plant a church that will give birth to a missional movement.
Once again, thanks Dave! I hope this interview helps you as much has it will help me. I am going to continue to interview guys that are swinging away in the field. If you have any questions you would like me to ask or people I should interview hit me up here.
If you are interested in planting you should read this post.
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