Church Planting Tactics

Category: Outreach

  • 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 – Online Church Platform

      Well, almost FREE Church Plant Resource Friday… this freebee launches Jan 9, 2012. Another great free resource from our friends at LifeChurch, this latest will help you create online events “focused on relationships and prayer.” Sign up for updates and more information:

  • Church Plant Launch Team – Should You Include Believers?

    I have read a lot of dialogue over the last several years about the inclusion of believers on a church plant Launch Team. Most agree that the Launch Team shouldn’t be only believers, though that is all too often what happens. A few promote not allowing any already-believers on the Launch Team for fear of […]

  • FREE Church Plant Resource Friday – MailChimp.com

    So you want an easy way to send classy-looking emails to your Prayer Team, Outside Supporters and/or Launch Team? For years Constant Contact has been the big kid on the block, but my new favorite is MailChimp. Why Do I Need a Newsletter Service? You need one for several reasons, and they all come back […]

  • Free Church Plant Resource Friday: Podcasting Your Sermons

    If you don’t pay big bucks for one of those church websites that has a turnkey podcast solution, you can do it yourself for free. If you know how. Short of having a techno-geek on your launch team, here is a 4-part blog series on just how to get your podcasting done: Podcasting Sermons part […]

  • Relational Mapping for your Launch Team

    I was at the Exponential Conference last week and got to hear from many great speaker and practitioners. A big ‘aha’ moment for me was listening to Rob Wegner from Granger Community Church. He was relating to us the journey that Granger is taking toward nurturing the missional impulse in their small groups. They believe […]