Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Church, Gospel and Culture Audio

One of the best series of audio sermons/lectures I’ve heard on missional living is from Mars Hill Church’s Mark Driscoll called Church, Gospel and Culture from an Acts 29 Network boot camp.

Check out more Acts29 Boot Camp audio here … I’ve listened to probably over 15 hours of them in the past and they’re well worth the time.

March 24, 2007 · Filed Under Biblical Training, Church Planting

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8 Key Characteristics of Church Planters

A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. H. Stanley Wood, editor of Extraordinary Leaders in Extraordinary Times, a book based on a comprehensive research study on church planters.

Although the research study was based on mainline denomination’s new church developers (mainline for “church planters”), their findings cross denominational lines. They interviewed more than 700 church planters.

One thing that didn’t surprise me is that church planters share many of the same characteristics of entrepreneurs aka business owners.

Here are the 8 core traits:

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January 26, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Church Planting

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Help People Chip In for Your Next Mission Trip or Service Project

I stumbled on a neat site via a ProBlogger article and thought I’d mention it …

It’s called ChipIn and is billed as “the easy way to collect money.”

This could be a great way to donations for a person or group going on a mission trip, or a youth service project, or [insert your thing that you need $$$].

For donations less than $10K, there are no fees, except those incurred by PayPal or wherever. There’s even a handy widget that allows you to place your ChipIn graphic on your blog or website.

January 3, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Church Ministries, Church Planting

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