Been to Japan more than 60 times. This trip is the most refreshing ever!
The reason is that the fruits of many years of labor are beginning to flourish. The young leaders of a generation ago are seasoned church planters beginning to launch the next generation of churches.
I came here with fear in my heart. I’m [...]

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We’re into our ninth week in our new service.
The first two weeks were restricted to a few friends. Our goal was to do a dry run to insure that everything worked. It did, but we did another just to be safe…
We went ‘live’ the third weeks with ads and emails. The crowd came to technical [...]

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Wow, its been a long time since I was a church planter.
Helping others launch is where you gain most leverage. But the action is at the planting level. At least if you count action as a mix of joy and terror.
Some friends and I are starting a service in an off-site location. I’ll be the [...]

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We’re up to something new. This Sunday we launch a new service with me as the pastor.
It all starts in a movie theater 20 miles from our campus. A little bit different adventure for me. I finish preaching our 8 AM meeting, jump in the car and boogie to the other town.
We’ve had a couple [...]

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Someone asked, “Why did you launch another website? Whatever happened to the old Church Planter’s Forum (www.cpforum.net)?
The short answer–as the list of contributors grew, cpforum morphed away from disciplemaking and church multiplication to a host of other topics. I needed to get back on track.
This site is decidedly different. It shamelessly promotes my books, contains [...]

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