Tag Archives: church planting

revitalizing a local church

Posted on June 1, 2009 by bkingr

JD Greear is posting a series on The Resurgence blog about revitalizing a local church. the introduction: I’ve been asked to speak on church revitalization at the Advance Conference this year. Six years ago when I was called as a … Continue reading →

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importance of a building

Posted on April 16, 2009 by bkingr

Resurgence is continuing its series on Pitfalls in church planting. the latest installment reminds folks to not underestimate the importance of a permanent building. Most churches double in size the weekend they move from being mobile to a more permanent … Continue reading →

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pitfalls in planting

Posted on March 29, 2009 by bkingr

over at the Resurgence Blog (where Mark Driscoll has just posted about complementarianism) Barry Keldie is doing a series about pitfalls to be careful of when planting a church. The first two of the series have been posted. the first … Continue reading →

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Dr. Mohler's take

Posted on March 27, 2009 by bkingr

Bryan posted a link to this article in his comment to my recent church planting post. And I wanted to make sure everybody saw both Bryan’s comment and the article. Al Mohler is discussing Fred Barnes’ article in the Wall … Continue reading →

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more on church planting

Posted on March 25, 2009 by bkingr

Courtesy of Vitamin Z, here are two more takes on church planting. First we have Fred Barnes’ account of being a part of a church plant from the beginning after 25 years in the “mother” church that birthed the new … Continue reading →

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Why plant churches

Posted on March 18, 2009 by bkingr

Why should we plant more churches? aren’t there enough of them already? Don’t existing churches have room for at least a few more folks? why plant new ones when there are so many of every flavor already around? Mike McDaniel … Continue reading →

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church planting

Posted on March 12, 2009 by bkingr

As some of you know, Julie and I are in the very beginning stages of working with Bryan and Lindsey Payne to plant a Harvest Bible Chapel here in Austin, Texas. Our Facebook group is here if you want to … Continue reading →

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Ed Stetzer on Suburban church planting

Posted on October 2, 2008 by bkingr

Ed was interviewed at sub-text regarding the challenge of church planting in a suburban environment. As usual, he had some interesting and useful things to say. I liked this three part answer to mistakes pastors make in the suburbs: First, … Continue reading →

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are you a church planter

Posted on October 2, 2008 by bkingr

The director of Acts 29, a church planting network, has a post up listing 20 characteristics of church planters. Here is the link to a more detailed PDF of the same material. Not all churches have a vision for church … Continue reading →

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should I/you be a church planter?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by bkingr

20 questions to ask yourself from Acts 29 via Adrian Warnock

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