Author: Patrick
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3 Tests to Make Sure You Don’t Choose a Duplicate Church Name
So you’ve done the hard work of praying through a contextual church name for your church plant. Before you finalize it, use these 3 tests to make sure you don’t choose a duplicate church name. This gets a little tricky since there’s several different layers you have to check. I’ll make it easy(er) for you:…
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Church Plant Equipment Cost vs Time Diagram
Church planters pay for their church plant equipment somewhere on this church plant equipment cost vs time diagram: The bar continues to be set high for producing worship gatherings here in the US. Lights, sound and projection all come at a cost. To some extent, you get to choose between paying in time or money.…
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3 Intercessory Prayer Team Event Ideas
Prayer is a critical piece of your church plant. Use these 3 prayer team event ideas to elevate the value and presence of prayer in your new church. We only get brief glimpses into the spiritual world in Scripture. This one reminds us that we are in a battle in the spiritual realm: Then [the…
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3 Church Plant Website Stages You Need to Transition Through
Once you get to the launch of your regular worship gatherings, your church plant website will have gone through several stages. Plan ahead for these 3 church plant website stages so you can transition intentionally instead of accidentally. Your major church plant website stages will take their cues from your changing audience. Whenever you’re writing…
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12 Church Sub-Calendars You Need Today
Church sub-calendars are a great way to keep everything organized at your church. Setting them up is relatively easy and it solves the following 3 problems. Whether or not you’re a program-driven church, there are things that happen in the life of your church each year. Keeping them all straight is important. If you use…
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How to Fire Church Plant Staff, part 2
As you continue to work through how to fire church plant staff, be sure to keep it a very human process by communicating well. Letting someone go from your church staff isn’t going to be easy. And how you communicate it will have a huge impact on how it goes with the employee and on…
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How to Fire Church Plant Staff, part 1
I wish I could say this never comes up, but some of you planters are going to need to know how to fire church plant staff. In my church planting circles there are legendary but true stories about this, like planters having to fire worship leaders 2 weeks before launch. And there are too many…
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3 Reasons to Coordinate Benevolence with Your Community
Churches don’t stand alone in their communities. Here are 3 great reasons to coordinate benevolence with other groups in your community. Church benevolence programs often take the form of helping with groceries, paying utility bills, providing clothes, etc. Those are the kinds of needs that other groups are probably already addressing in your community. Avoid…
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7 Church Benevolence System Basics
There are some church benevolence system basics you need to think through before you field your first request for help. Make decisions about each of the following: Establish a purpose Pray about it and search the scriptures. God has a lot to say about generosity and helping those less fortunate. You need to have a…