Conventional church planting is not an enterprise affordable to most churches. The predominant methods most North American churches/denominations use to plant are largely inaccessible by the majority of churches. This should be a red flag that our models are amiss. Planting churches is extremely expensive, but thankfully this inhibitor reveals an opportunity to innovate. Every church planting conference I’ve been to participates in “church planting exceptionalism”. The host organization will pump one example and their formula of how to have a burgeoning church plant. The format itself is a pro ..read more

Contemporary church planting for major denominations still reads like a strategic checklist for launching a new corporation/business. Everything is about vision, tactics, and strategies. There are so many things wrong with trying to get vocationally trained ministers to act like entrepreneurs and CEOs that it’s NO surprise 1000s of plants fail every year. Here is a common list of church planting skills for contemporary planters: 1. Vision is clear and communicated. 2. The staff team has been recruited. 3. The core group is in place. 4. Worship leader and team have been recruited. 5. The meeti ..read more

Conventional church planting is not an enterprise affordable to most churches. The predominant methods most North American churches/denominations use to plant are largely inaccessible by the majority of churches. This should be a red flag that our models are amiss. Planting churches is extremely expensive, but thankfully this inhibitor reveals an opportunity to innovate. Every church planting conference I’ve been to participates in “church planting exceptionalism”. The host organization will pump one example and their formula of how to have a burgeoning church plant. The format itself is a pro ..read more

Do you know the children’s rhyme that goes like this, “here is the church, here is the steeple, open the church, where are the people?!” The rhyme is dead wrong and most leaders would echo the same. The church isn’t the steeple it’s the people! However, our actions and words sometimes defies our theology. The assurance and complacency of Christendom permitted the association of physical remnants, like the cathedral, as the literal church. This kind of thinking has permeated the realm of current church planting tactics. Lately, the  language being used by church planting ..read more

Contemporary church planting for major denominations still reads like a strategic checklist for launching a new corporation/business. Everything is about vision, tactics, and strategies. There are so many things wrong with trying to get vocationally trained ministers to act like entrepreneurs and CEOs that it’s NO surprise 1000s fail every year. Here is a common […] The post Common Church Planting Mistake….is Planting Corporations appeared first on Rohadi Nagassar ..read more

A lot of the conversation around the missional church surrounds smaller and that can be a challenge for leaders of larger churches struggling with the same tensions of mission. Translating ideas from the missional conversation so they work in the context of big is challenging since the larger the organization, the more systems are needed to ensure its function (and those systems are hard ..read more

This picture means a lot to me. Seven years ago I never would have believed I would’ve be standing on stage sharing my brief story. Actually I should rephrase that. Seven years ago I never would have believed WE, my church community, would be in the place it is today. This shot is from a ..read more

This is part 1 of a 2 part series on church leadership. In this edition a look at the way we measure prospective church planters. There’s an unhealthy fascination with leadership development in churches that’s leading to a generation of leaders who are awesome managers but not very good disciplmakers. For example, the renewed interest in church planting ..read more

I predict that within 10 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them. – Young Professor Frink, The Simpsons. Professor Frink has never heard about Professor Moore and his law. Relevance to church planting? Here’s a prediction: I ..read more

Conventional church planting is not an enterprise affordable to most churches. The predominant methods most North American churches/denominations use to plant are largely inaccessible by the majority of churches. This should be a red flag that our models are amiss. Quite simply, planting churches is extremely expensive, but thankfully this inhibitor reveals the opportunity necessary ..read more