I am one who openly and regularly makes it clear in my writing and speaking who believes that God continues to speak to his people through the canon of scripture as well as in ways that are consistent with the ways the writers of scripture encourage us to expect God to speak to us regularly [...]

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When I first saw this my blood pressure spiked, then I realized this is an amazing opportunity for pastors, teachers and evangelists around the U.S. and beyond to make the most of God-ordained "kairos*" window of opportunity.
I had nearly finished my weekly article for The Church Report daily ezine for this week when I happened [...]

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Some of you are church planters. I wrote a book with Rob Lewin that was published by Regal in 2003 entitled Community of Kindness. It’s real title should have been "The Church Planter’s Survival Guide." If you have been following JumpStartChurch.com you have figured out that I have a heart for those kindred folk who [...]

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If, in the real world, a mechanic took almost two weeks to gather the information about our automobile’s needs and wants, we would have fired them by now. But of course, this is not the real world this is the virtual world, and we are not analysing motor vehicles, we are analysing a ministry, or [...]

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Morning Campers!
Are we all in our places with bright shiny faces? This is the last in the diagnostic exercises, so don’t despair, we are almost ready to analyze and discuss next steps.
How are you spending YOUR time? Time to pull out your calendar and do a budget of how you spend your typical week. We [...]

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Yesterday’s assignment was to do a time and energy budget of your ministry’s activities. Did anything immediately leap from the list as you wrote it down?
If not, then maybe today’s exercise will help. Take your same list and next to each row write whether or not this activity is inward or outward. Next, write [...]

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Good mechanics, and even the not so good, check all of the systems in a car. My stepfather, who was a fine connisseur of used vehicles, used to announce the systems he had checked before the purchase. "Yes," he’d drawl in his Odessa, Texas accent, "This is a fine auto-mo-bile, I had the points, plugs [...]

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A pastor writes:
I wanted to share with you my experience on my "coffee-walk" yesterday.
When I began my walk, I must admit I was both excited and skeptical. Since becoming the Lead Pastor here in June (I was the Worship Pastor for three years before doing so), I’ve really begun to feel & experience the weight [...]

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If you have been playing along with the home game of JumpStart church, then you are beginning to compile quite a bit of information. It is probably stored in a notebook, or a computer file, or on a digital voice recorder, if so, then excellent.
The information should be stored somewhere other than your brain! You [...]

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You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.

If you have a great relationship with the Holy Spirit, then you probably have some very clear ideas for your ministry. Maybe you are here because you can’t get anyone to go along with [...]

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