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We are God’s Mission Strategy

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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Small Churches

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Brandon O’Brien, editor at large for Leadership and author of the forthcoming book The Strategically Small… Read More

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New Guy on Balt Team

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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Jeff V Ripps It Up!

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Everything below is cut from Matt Troupe's FB wall.  Read at your own risk! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following are some quotes from the talk I heard with Jeff Vandersteldt recently. Some are summaries and paraphrases of major points. Lots of great stuff to wrestle with. • Biblical disciples cannot be made in a classroom, and Biblical disciples cannot… Read More

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Redeemer Church Planting

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Here's an exciting (and brief) video about Redeemer's (NYC) vision for planting churches in major cities of the world.  Once you get there, click on the picture that looks like this:  Read More

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Do We Need More Churches?

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
How much of Maryland (or any other state) is in church on a given Sunday?  Click here to see a larger copy.  We need to plant lots of churches!  Read More

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John Calvin, church planter

Monday, May 11th, 2009
"Calvin didn't just plant small fledgling churches; he planted mega-churches that in turn planted more churches. It is difficult to fathom the extraordinary success of these Genevan sponsored missionaries. Even in our modern era, such statistics are unheard of."   One French church in Bergerac boasted to Calvin:
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church planting’s like surfing

Friday, May 8th, 2009
 1.  There are worse things than failure
...we need to take the long view in planting - develop a 100 year plan!
2.  Church planting is like surfing
...reflect on the providence of God.  We cannot create the waves, we simply ride them… Read More

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don’t plant a church

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Don't plant a church.  Don't plant a service.  Plant the gospel.  What's the difference between planting services and planting the gospel?  What kind of churches do we want to plant?  Hope you'll watch this interview of Jeff Vanderstelt (Pastor, Soma Communities, Tacoma) by Scott Thomas (Director, Acts 29)   http://theresurgence.com/Scott-Thomas-Interview-Jeff-Vanderstelt-video Read More

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