Practical Church Planting
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Practical Church Planting exists to give you practical tips, advice, and encouragement when it comes to planting and growing healthy churches. Whether you are interested in planting a church, in the process of planting a church or just want to learn more about building healthy churches, you've come to the right place.
Practical Church Planting
1M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
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HERE ARE THE 4 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Auditorium (pipe and drape - rope off chairs - put less chairs out
Lobby (pipe and drape - stanchions - use closest rooms if portable for kids space - signs to direct people)
Kids (it can be too big! - Room dividers - pipe and drape - smalle ..read more
Practical Church Planting
2M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 8 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Umbrellas when it rains (even if you don’t get every person)
Parker(s) in the parking lot
Make your connect area obvious
Coffee area should be accessible and not crowded
Clean your facility
Acknowledge new guests every Sunday
Introdu ..read more
Practical Church Planting
2M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 6 TIPS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Do not apologize
Invite questions
Expect resistance & give people time to come around
Bring your leaders in first
Include it in your preaching
Live with low-level frustration
  ..read more
Practical Church Planting
2M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 7 WAYS I SHARE IN THIS EPISODE
Prioritize a physical option
Have a digital option
Reference it every Sunday - and be clear what to do with it
Give (and mention) a gift people actually want
Limit number of things to fill out
Designed well + easy to write on
H ..read more
Practical Church Planting
2M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 6 WAYS I RECOMMEND IN THIS EPISODE
Get people serving
Assume many people haven’t been to a single week of your sermon series
Invite people to something (Christmas / Easter…baptism, and event…)
Challenge people, but don’t guilt them (do they know you want them to come mo ..read more
Practical Church Planting
3M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 7 RECOMMENDATIONS I MAKE IN THIS EPISODE
Fountain ink pen
Standing desk + walking pad
3 ring leather sermon notebook (half sheets of paper) $70
Pulpit with cup holder halfway down
Todoist
Calendly
Logos
  ..read more
Practical Church Planting
3M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE THE 5 WAYS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE
Don’t put your main scriptures on the screen
Don’t give people the option to sit so far apart from each other
Don’t ask people too many options (serving, groups, etc.) - get them in and then give options later
Restrict your available tim ..read more
Practical Church Planting
3M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE 6 WAYS TO CREATE MORE ENERGY ON A SUNDAY MORNING
Music playing
Close your auditorium doors until 10 minutes before service starts
Play under announcements/end of service/speaking transitions
Have a clear end of service
Lead from stage - regardless of num ..read more
Practical Church Planting
3M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram.
HERE ARE MY 5 2024 CHURCH PREDICTIONS
Churches that understand they have a “new” church will do better than those who don’t
In person Sunday attendance is still a vital metric to track and lead people towards
Churches that raise (or keep) a high bar for their leaders will be more effe ..read more
Practical Church Planting
4M ago
Welcome to the Practical Church podcast.
THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER
Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter.
And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram ..read more