Category: Launch Team
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Get Your People to Post Online Church Ratings
Having your team post online church ratings could make the difference between whether someone decides to visit your church gatherings or not. Have you ever looked up ratings for restaurants or contractors online? I have. I want to know something about the reputation and track record of that establishment before I go any further. Why…
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How to Give Your Church Plant Staff Fundraising Requirements
Should you give your church plant staff fundraising requirements? You could have a bigger staff if they could offset some or all of their own salaries. Every full-time, vocational church planter should raise funds for their plant. It’s as least as much for the vision casting practice as for the resources. But you can certainly…
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3 Online Ideas for Connecting in Your Community
Planting a church is about building relationships, and many friendships start online these days. Here are 3 online ideas for connecting in your community. So many of us are living in ever-growing metros and densely-populated areas, and yet we seem to have never felt so isolated and alone. Use all the tools at your disposal…
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Things You Need to Know Before Offering Gluten-Free Communion
Awareness of food allergies and dietary restrictions have been on the rise. With all the clamor about gluten-free this and gluten-free that, here are some things you need to know if you’re going to offer gluten-free communion. I went to the grand opening of a church plant in San Francisco years ago. I’d probably heard…
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When to Push Back Church Launch
Church planting never goes quite like you think it’s going to. Some things will go better than you’ve imagined. Other things will be harder. A few planters will have to decide whether to push back church launch. What I mean by pushing back launch is punting until the next launch season, like from fall to…
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6 Great Reasons to Network in Your Community
Networking is when you’re meeting with civic officials, business leaders, community groups, nonprofits, etc. Here are 6 great reasons to go network in your community today. I’m sure I don’t have hard numbers to prove it, but I would argue that there’s a tangible difference in the health of a church plant between planters that…
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2 Ingenious Church Plant Launch Team Ideas
Are you looking for ways to maximize the growth and participation of your Launch Team? Consider these 2 ingenious church plant launch team ideas: Relive the Moment HD video recording technology is now in most of our smart phones. Use a mobile device or video camera to record your Launch Team meetings! Then you can…
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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…