Church Planting Tactics

Author: Patrick

  • Throw a Church Plant Launch Celebration!

      The Launch of weekly services at your church plant is a celebration in itself, but a lot of people have worked hard to make it a reality. What are you doing to celebrate the church plant launch and honor all that hard work your team put in? Throw an After-Party Plan in advance to […]

  • New Top-Level .church Domain

      New generic top-level domains (gTLD’s) are being released regularly. Are you having trouble finding a domain name for your church plant? If your desired .com and .org are long since taken, here are some new gTLD’s coming: .church .city .center .home .live .online The timing is a little unclear, but a big thanks to […]

  • Electronic Connection Card for Your Church Plant

    Call it a Connection Card or a Communication Card or whatever, but getting contact information from a visitor is the weak link in your ability to follow up and get them connected. For years churches have been using paper versions. More recently, some have begun using kiosks & computers in the lobby. Why not add […]

  • How Much Do You Pay Church Plant Staff? (part 2 of 2) Church Plant Staff Benefits

    Now that you’ve got a basis for how much to pay the first hires of your church plant, you need to consider what kind of church plant staff benefits to offer. Fringe Benefits Here’s a short list of non-salary benefits that are common in Corporate America. You’ll need to decide which to offer based on […]

  • How Much to Pay Church Plant Staff (1 of 2)

    Figuring out how much to pay church plant staff can be daunting, especially if you’ve never been in a lead pastor role. He are some resources to help you determine salaries and benefits. Before we jump right in to numbers, though, there are a few IRS-audit-avoidance things you should be considering in the hiring process. […]

  • FREE Church Plant Resource Friday: Google Stuff

    For years I’ve been setting up my church planters with Google Apps for their email service. It’s free for any organization [as of Dec 2012, Google no longer offers a free option], and along with 10 email addresses, you get the standard Gmail suite: docs (now called “drive”), calendar, shared contacts, etc…  I usually add […]

  • FREE Church Plant Resource Friday – Soft Demographics Reports

      Hard demographics include the typical measures: age, race, income, etc. Soft demographics are a little fuzzier and include things like attitudes, preferences, and tendencies. Experian, whom you may know as one of the big three credit bureaus, has been amassing data of both types for years that gives them (and now you) insight into […]

  • Are You Listening?

    There is a lot of chatter on social media – are you listening for mentions of your church plant? What’s the Problem? Social media is designed to be just that: social. Too many churches use it as just another media outlet to push communication in one direction. It’s OK to get information out there, but […]

  • FREE Church Plant Resource Friday – WiseStamp

      You’re hampering your own church plant communications. That is, if you haven’t taken care to develop an email signature that gives people easy ways to interact with you. Few things vex me more than having an important email conversation going that needs to turn in to a phone call, but the other party hasn’t […]