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July 18th, 2010 - 10:19 am § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planters Personal Life, Church Planting, Greatest Mistakes, Networks, Practice, Theology

Calvin Rejects Privatized Faith and Promotes Vulnerability in Church Planting Networks :)

“In the church, as Calvin conceived it, every man helped every other man. If in Christ Jesus all believers are united, then a private believer is a contradiction in terms. Not only are the blessings and the virtues given for the common good, but the faults and the weaknesses concern the other memb[...]

February 5th, 2010 - 6:48 pm § in On the Web

A Gospel-Planted Life Blog Reviews GCA Conference

The folks over at A Gospel-Planted Life were kind enough to share their experience at last week’s North American Church Planting Conference. You should check it out! [A Gospel-Planted Life][...]

September 13th, 2009 - 8:39 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Church Planting

Research Findings on Church Planting Wives: 6 Primary Sources, 8 Secondary Sources

The following factors provided the greatest sources of satisfaction or stress for church planting wives. These findings are taken from a research study conducted in North American among PCA church planting spouses of various ethnicities in both urban and suburban settings. This research was conduct[...]

August 22nd, 2009 - 10:00 pm § in Church Planter Spouse, Greatest Mistakes

Planter Spouse Looks Back: What I Wish I’d Known About Church Planting! by Shari Thomas*

Given at the Global Church Advancement North America Conference I wish someone would have told us (Shari and her husband, John), that we both would need a support system greater than just each other… …that we would need coaches and mentors, and we should plan at more than one stage in the jo[...]

August 10th, 2009 - 10:15 pm § in Uncategorized

New Barna Report: Most People (64%) in USA Attend Smaller Churches

“A new report from The Barna Group, based on interviews with more than 3,000 adults, shows that congregational size is related to the nature of a congregation’s religious beliefs, religious behavior and demographic profile. There are clearly significant differences between the smallest and large[...]

July 29th, 2009 - 3:00 am § in Uncategorized

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, TWEETING & BLOGGING ABOUT THE JULY 09 GCA CHURCH PLANTER TRAINING SEMINAR

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE JULY 09 GCA CHURCH PLANTER TRAINING SEMINAR: “Amazing insights; great resources; gospel-centered focus, top-notch material both written and presented!” “This conference could replace all the other books, videos, classes and conferences I have encountered while [...]

May 6th, 2009 - 7:34 pm § in Uncategorized

Connecting with Global Church Advancement (GCA) by Tim Brister

Posted on Provocations & Pantings, April 27, 2009 by Tim Brister As I mentioned in my last post, I was unable to attend the Gospel Coalition National Conference.  However, in God’s kind providence, I was able to go up to Orlando for a couple of days to network with other church planters and n[...]