The Greatest Story. Told!

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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 [...]

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Every Nation Europe: Church-Planting BootCamp

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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 [...]

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Church Plants, Attendance, & New Leaders

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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 [...]

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