by DAVID HOUSTON — Challenges of church-planting force those who go and those who send to first ask two questions: Are you called? Are you ready?

by STEVE MURRELL — Although I spent the majority of my adult life in the Philippines, I now spend a large portion of my time in the United States. I still travel around the world, periodically visiting jungle huts, great international cities, and groups of people who meet in secret at great personal risk. Those experiences [...]

I’ve had the privilege of serving in the ministry for twenty-seven years, the first twenty-five as a traditional pastor. I’ve been involved with just about every possible function of the church. Who could’ve imagined that in the twenty-sixth year, I would have stumbled onto something so completely different; an endeavor that has become one of [...]

Recently the Every Nation North American Leadership Team gathered in Washington D.C. to finalize strategic plans for the next decade. It was similar to a meeting that took place in 1999, which resulted in The 2010 Initiative — a commitment to establish a missionary church or campus ministry in each of the 211 nations of [...]

by MIKE CANTRELL
It was just a few short months ago. Everything had settled into place. All things were in order and right with my world.

From January 31 through February 8, 2011, I was privileged to co-lead the first Every Nation European Church-Planting Boot Camp in Marseilles, France, along with Tom Jackson (Every Nation—Edinburgh) and Wolfi Eckleben (Every Nation—London). Veteran and first-time Every Nation church planters came from Edinburgh, London, Marseilles, Kiev, Madrid, and Ghent, Belgium. One of our church [...]

A study of over 90,000 Christian churches (The American Church Research Project) showed that almost all the growth in 2006-2007 church attendance came from churches planted in the last fifteen years and particularly in the last five years. The graph below shows that the newer the church, the more likely it was to grow. Where [...]

There is no more engaging topic of conversation in a West Texas coffee shop than the new guy in town who has decided he wants to become a farmer. He had asked his wife before launching into their new adventure: “How hard can it be?” Break up some ground, plant the seed, reap the harvest, [...]