CHURCH LEADER INSIGHTS - December 2006
By Nelson Searcy, Roy Mansfield, and Joy Willis
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Editors Note: In preparation for the newest book by Nelson Searcy, CLI Founder, and Kerrick Thomas, entitled Launch: Starting A New Church from Scratch, this entire issue is focused on Church Planting. Please use the button above to forward to any Church Leader involved in starting new churches.
Church Leader Insights:
Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting
* CHURCH PLANTING **
LAUNCHING LARGE: THE NEW PARADIGM FOR CHURCH PLANTING
Launching large is the ability of a new church to reach as many people as possible within the first six to eight months of existence. It's an issue of discovering and fulfilling potential. God's dream for your church is bigger than your dream. Launching large is about cooperating with God to see his vision accomplished in an area. Don't underestimate that vision, or your ability to tap into it.
11 MOST COMMON MISTAKES OF A CHURCH PLANT
Mistake #1: Taking spiritual warfare too lightly. When its illogical or irrational - its demonic.
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THREE CHALLENGES FOR EVERY NEW CHURCH
Dave Ferguson from Community Christian Church says it's all about risks, the Holy Spirit, and reproducing.
- Available at NewThing.org
TOP 10 BOOKS FOR CHURCH PLANTERS
Starting a new church is the most leader intensive enterprise in the world. A new, growing church needs a growing leader.
- Available at ChurchLeaderInsights.com
** NEW AUDIO TRAINING PODCAST **
Stop Planting Churches
In preparation for their new book "Launch: Starting A New Church From Scratch" releasing on Jan 11, 2007, Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas walk you through the top 5 contrarians ideas they have learned about church planting success. This podcast is perfect for new church planters and pastors considering church planting.
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SURVIVAL TIPS FOR CHURCH PLANTERS
Our opening-day crowd of 459 people was unprecedented in Canadian church planting history. Offerings and finances were strong and growing by 40 percent per quarter. With 65 baptisms in the first 12 months we were averaging 1.25 baptisms per week.
-Available at christianstandard.com
** For more on evangelism and increasing your baptisms, see our best-selling resource The Evangelism Seminar**
FIELD OF DREAMS: VETERAN CHURCH PLANTERS ON RISKS, REGRETS AND REVELATIONS
If a church planter does not have spiritual intimacy with God at a high level, the church will be an absolute failure. Either it's going to shut down, or it's going to keep going when it shouldn't. If you don't have spiritual vitality, you have nothing to offer.
-Available at Outreachmagazine.com
THE MOST EFFECTIVE EVANGELISTIC STRATEGY UNDER HEAVEN
New churches themselves are an indispensable gift to the Body of Christ. They are a gift of evangelism. According to research from Will McRaney at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary: 'In a newly planted church there are 14.4 baptisms per year for every 100 people in regular attendance in worship. When a church has been in existence sixteen years or more, the baptism rate is half that: Only 7.3 baptisms per year for every 100 people in attendance.' If we love God's Kingdom, we must love church planting.
-Available at sbclife.com
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