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Enter into Rest
For me, the five hallmarks or indicators of personal success are quite the same as with professional or pastoral successes, so I will strain to separate the two. I would say that the five hallmarks of personal success, to me, are as follows: Although my five hallmarks of personal success overlap with success in ministry,…
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Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stezer
Main Takeaways Chapter 1: Basics of Church Planting 1. Planting a church should have a missional goal to reach the field around it and to addapt it’s approaches while maintaining its theology. 2. Church planters can often be energetic entrepeneurs but should not lose touch with the fact that their jobs are one of spiritual…
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Contextual Christianity without Compromise
A new church plant’s survival is largely based on it’s ability to engage the culture it finds itself in. For instance, Griffith and Easum explain in Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts, that many churches fail to survive due to a fantasy vision that fails to exegete the culture of the community…
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Reflections on Common Church Planting Mistakes
One of the most surprising mistakes mentioned in Griffith and Easum’s book, Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts, concerned church planters having “no plan for the other six days of the week.”[1] The authors explain how churches that are built around a model based on codependency to the pastor will only have…
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Chapter Summaries/Reflections: “Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts” by Jim Griffith and Bill Easum
Chapter One: “Mistake Number One: In pursuit of the Great Commission, church planters neglect the Great(est) Commandment.” (Griffith and Easum, 8) “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.” (Revelation 2:4) The church of Ephesus had remarkable works, labor, and patience. They hated evil and loved good. They were able to…
...and in his temple all cry, “Glory!” 