Every organized group of people has a culture. Families have cultures. Companies have cultures. Cities and countries have cultures. Churches … Read More
Vault: How to do church for people who don’t like church
If you’re a church leader who wants to learn what it really takes to reach people who are far from … Read More
How to Prepare Thousands of Leaders for Church Planting
Craig Whitney is the Church Planting Catalyst for Gateway Leaders and the creator of Church Planter Cultivate. In a recent … Read More
Leadership Through the Rear View Mirror
I have often believed that Leadership is not for sissies. As a matter of fact even the strongest most effective … Read More
The Exponential Conference is coming to the West Coast
Hosted by Rick Warren and Saddleback Church, Exponential West on October 7-10, 2013, will bring together thousands of leaders to participate … Read More
We Need More Church Planters
In a recent conversation about church planting, someone presented this simple math. The world population clock says there are more than … Read More
How do you have Communion in a church where people belong who don’t believe?
The first week of Verve we passed around gold communion trays that had cups of juice and broken up pieces … Read More
How to Make the Most of Summer in a New Church
Sitting in a less than full auditorium on Sunday reminded me how much I hated holidays as a church planter. … Read More
What kind of crazy does it take to plant a church?
Elon Musk was a co-founder of PayPal, the CEO of electric car company Tesla and the founder of SpaceX which … Read More
How to Plant a Church in a Day (and why you might not want to)
Last year we bought a house on a short sale. It took 8 months from the time we looked at … Read More