Category: Outreach
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How to Create a Church Plant Budget – part 2
Last week we looked at first things to consider when you create a church plant budget. Here’s a few more: Startup vs. Recurring Expenses For a lot of expense categories, it makes sense to think of the budget on an regular monthly basis: if your worship department budget is $2,400 for the year, you have $200/month […]
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Church Copyright Licenses
Artists and composers put food on their table by creating music. Violating copyrights is stealing from your brothers & sisters in Christ; pretty much not cool. Unless you’re going to get written permission for each piece of music you reproduce or perform*, you should use these licensing agencies that provide blanket church copyright licenses for […]
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Church Plant Postal Permit Filing Tips
Here are things I’ve learned over several years of coaching church planters through dealing with the US Postal Service. If you’re using direct mail as part of your Grand Opening announcement strategy, use these church plant postal permit filing tips: Apply Early It can take a couple of trips to your local USPS and a couple […]
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Contextualize Your Church
Part 2 in the 7-part series, Open a Church Checking Account Why Contextualize Your Church? Believe it or not, the effort to contextualize your church is part of the critical path to open a church checking account. And you should do it anyway because the Church should always be renewing itself and adapting to the […]
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Church Plant Freebie Friday: Amazon Smile
Amazon is donating money to non-profit organizations when shoppers register through Amazon Smile. Once the regulars at your church plant register, ½% of all their (qualified) purchases automatically come to your church. Or better yet, get all of your regulars to register for the nonprofit in town that your church partners with. Do it as […]
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Community Networking for Your Church Plant
As a church planter, you are a missionary to your community. And part of the work of every missionary is understanding the culture they serve. Community networking is one of the best ways to experience the culture. Demographic reports and community history websites are one of the best places to start, especially if you haven’t […]
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Church Plant Freebie Friday – Signup Genius
Signup Genius is a great FREE tool for organizing your church plant prayer team and/or volunteers around events, projects, etc. Here are a couple of ways you could use it: Church Plant Outreach Events Your launch team is participating in a local community event and you need people to take 1-hour shifts during a 6-hour […]
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Don’t Let Your Buddy Do Your Church Plant Website
Publishing your church plant website has become an important part of the planting process here in the States. Everyone is going to check out who you are and what you’re about through your website, and usually very early in their relationship with you. Having a website establishes you in the community, helps you communicate, and […]
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FREE Church Plant Resource Friday: Sitegeist
Free Demographics App Want the quick & dirty lowdown on the community where you’re church planting? Sitegeist is the free app for your mobile device that gives you quick insight into: People Housing Fun Weather History Available now in the App Store and Google Play. It’s another free & easy way to learn about your […]