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MCM Update: BridgePoint Church

Posted in MCM-Pitt, tagged , , , on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Over the next few posts, I wanted to take an opportunity to share some updates from our most recent MCM church plants.  I’ll start off with Pastor Greg & Francie Krowitz and BridgePoint Church in Tarentum, PA. BridgePoint (BPC) just celebrated its two-year anniversary last month and has had some exciting things happen in recent [...]

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God’s Heart for Church Planting

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on March 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’m teaching this week at our MCM Ministry School on the topic of church planting, one of my favorite topics to teach about!  With that said, here are a few of my notes from yesterday’s session on the foundation of church planting: The world doesn’t need more churches for the sake of new churches.  They [...]

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My Friends. My Heroes.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I am blessed with some amazing friends and I want to take a moment to tell you about two of them that are preparing to do something great for the Kingdom of God! Both of these guys are incredibly talented, and there is no doubt have great things in store for their future!  My purpose [...]

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Coming in 2010: New Church Plant in South Side

Posted in Church Planting, MCM-Pitt, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In addition to the church plant being launched this fall by Pittsburgh City Outreach, the MCM Network will be planting LifeStone Church in the South Side community of Pittsburgh. Jack and Jamie Thomas moved to Pittsburgh last year to plant this church and they have seen God do some amazing things already.  Their small Neighborhood [...]

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What to Do Following a Preview Service (Part 4)

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

To finish my series of posts on ‘What to Do Following a Preview Service’, I’ll be addressing the final component of ‘Correction’.  In case you missed the last few posts, here’s the four-step list: Celebrate Follow-Up Analyze Correct Once your preview service is complete, you’ve celebrated what God has done, you’ve followed-up with all your [...]

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What to Do Following a Preview Service (Part 3)

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Continuing my posts on what to do following a church plant’s preview services, I’d like to address the third step, Analyze.  To read the previous two posts on Celebrating & Follow-up, click here or here. One of the core purposes of preview services is to help a new church establish and refine quality processes for [...]

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Being Spirit-Led: Tim Keller

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across this great video from Exponential a few years ago with Tim Keller talking about his church planting journey and the need to be Spirit-Led. It’s a great video and very insightful for future or current church planters.

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Raising Money for Church Planting

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , , , on January 22, 2009 | 30 Comments »

Every church planter (except for those millionaire planters) have to fundraise to some extent. Some more then others, but it’s still a necessary part of starting a church from scratch.  With that said, just wanted to share some fundraising tips for all you church planters or church planter-hopefuls out there: This might sound very basic, [...]

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Words of Wisdom from Otto Wegner

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Two nights ago I had the privilege of spending the night at the home of Otto Wegner in Center City Philadelphia. Otto is a man I admire so much and I really enjoy gleaning from his years of church planting and ministry experience. With that said, here’s a few things I took away from the [...]

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Church Planting & Fertile Soil

Posted in Church Planting, tagged , on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I believe it’s important to go to places that need Christ, especially when planting a church, but that does not mean we go to a place that is not fertile ground for the gospel. Now there are situations and moments when a person is called specifically to an unreached, [...]

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