I saw this over at kluth.org: The following 10 church policies and principles were developed by Brian Kluth and the church elders for use at Harvest Community Church: Preamble At the church leadership meeting on January 6th, the following written financial policies and principles were …
A Plan for Leadership Development
My assignment from yesterday's CECL session was to write up a preliminary plan for leadership development in a church. Considering that I am preparing to start a new church, I thought in terms of developing leaders from the "ground up" so to speak. It's a rough draft, but this is what I have so …
Prayer Update
Hello, All of you know at this point that we are on our way to Lafayette, IN in the near future and hopefully most of you have received a full prayer update in your regular mail box at home---if not please respond to this and let me know and I'll make sure you get one soon!! We have been praying …
Support is now at 37%
Jen and I just received our latest notice from Midwest Church planting. Last month, we had two new families come on board as supporters and one of them was a monthly commitment of $100! Praise God! We are now at 37%. If you would like to see our support chart, go to our main website …
I have a coach!
Jen and I are starting a church with Midwest Church Planting a ministry of the Midwest Baptist Conference. The head of Midwest Church Planting has just assigned me a coach for the church planting process. Now, I have someone to talk to about all things church planting! My coach is Richard Wollard …
Leave the church?
I'm not even done with this article yet, but I can already sense that it's worth putting up here. You won't regret taking the time to read it. Detoxing from Church …
“Longing for a Church”
I recently read an article from "Brother Maynard" at Subversive Influence in which he identifies the 9 things he is looking for in a church. This list is interesting to me because Brother Maynard is a self-confessed member of the emerging church movement which really is just a term to refer to …
The cat’s out of the bag
My wife and I have just recently told our congregation that we are following God's leading to start a new church in Lafayette, Indiana. We've been thinking and praying about church planting for some time, and I even had a (secret) weblog about our initial investigations into church planting and …
It’s Official
That’s right, it’s official. Not only have Jen and I made a decision about where we will be planting a church, but we have also made the announcement to our congregation! Are you ready? We will be planting a church in Lafayette, Indiana! …
Supposed to make a real decision
Well, the Vision Team of our church has asked Jen and me to make an announcement on Sunday letting the congregation know that we are being led to start a new church. We had all agreed that it would be okay and even a good thing to let the congregation know before we knew where we were going to go. I …
A decision has been made!
Well, it’s not the BIG decision, but it is a little decision. Jen and I will be telling our congregation this Sunday that God is leading us into church planting. We don’t have a definite location, and we don’t have a definite timeframe, but the indications all point to the fact …
Indianapolis & Lafayette
Jen and I visited Indianapolis this weekend. There are some areas of Indianapolis that are absolutely booming with growth. It truly is remarkable to see that on the north side of the city, there are some counties with the highest growth rates in the nation. On the south side of the city, there is …
Chesterton: Met with Pastor Neil
Last week I had the chance to meet with Pastor Neil Horner of Duneland Community Church. He generously offered to buy me lunch even though we hadn’t met before. We had a great conversation and I picked up on a few significant things: He is passionate about seeing the community impacted for …
Jen says she knows
My wife told me last week that she already has a sense from God regarding where we should plant a church. She isn’t telling me yet because I don’t have a clear sense yet. However, I think I know where it is that she is feeling called to. I also have a sense that I know where we are going …
Chesterton Update
We went to Chesterton this weekend. The original plan was to go to Jen’s parents’ place on Thursday night, hang out there with them, and then give the kids to their grandpa while Jen and I did some touring of the area. However, things didn’t work out that way. Jen’s dad …
Chesterton this weekend
We’re going to go to Chesterton, Indiana this weekend. We are planning to have a meeting with Pastor Bill of Liberty Bible Church this Friday, and then on Saturday, we plan to tour the city to see about the potential for a new ministry there. It’s another situation where there are …