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Tag: urban church planting
Getting involved in church planting and training
How can you get involved with what we are doing? Training and church planting in the urban West Midlands
New Year’s hope
Some people make resolutions each year, listing the changes they intended to make in their lives and the things they aim to achieve. I’m not good at that kind of thing, I’m likely to break a New Year’s resolution by lunchtime. However, I do think New Year is a good time to look back and… Continue reading New Year’s hope
Are you meant to be church planting?
Regular readers will know that my big concern is to see churches planted in the West Midlands, especially in urban priority areas (inner city and estates). I would love to hear from anyone who might be interested. I’m not asking for people to turn up with a definitive plan. Rather, what I’d love to see… Continue reading Are you meant to be church planting?
The numbers game: The Good, the bad and the ugly
How many people are in your church? How many conversions have you seen? What are your finances like? How many baptisms, small groups,staff members, church plants? How long have you been a pastor? One way or another, we often find ourselves talking numbers. We often do so nervously because we see the pitfalls and dangers… Continue reading The numbers game: The Good, the bad and the ugly
What if anything does the Bible have to say about class?
When I recently posted some articles concerning class, the church and the Gospel, I opened up comments for discussion. Here is one comment that was posted. “What does the scriptures say about the class system that you are talking about? In which “class” would you put say Peter, Paul, Moses etc. What “class” would you… Continue reading What if anything does the Bible have to say about class?
Is reaching urban Britain “cross cultural”?
In “Hope for the City”, I talk about reaching urban Britain as requiring “cross cultural mission”. But is it? I’ve also wanted to insist in recent blog posts that we shouldn’t be thinking in terms of a minority working class but rather about people who are simply normal ordinary members of the same society. So,… Continue reading Is reaching urban Britain “cross cultural”?
More thoughts on why you might have already planted more times than you realise
The other day, I suggested that it may be that you have already planted, more than once at he same church. I thought it might be helpful to say more about this which might in fact turn this challenge into an obstacle. The other day, I noticed that IX Marks had published an article about… Continue reading More thoughts on why you might have already planted more times than you realise
The leadership course
A few years back, I put together a short course to help people considering involvement in church/Christian leadership. I’ve shared it on our resources pages and it is available for free if you would like to make use of it in your church.
Church in a box
One of the key aims of Faithroot.com is to encourage and support church planting. I believe that a lot more of our church planting should be what we might refer to as pioneering. Rather than seeing a large church hive off 40 or 50 people with a staff team and budget, I believe we should… Continue reading Church in a box
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