From the monthly archives:

August 2010

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Gospel Astonishment

Scotty Smith, Founding Pastor Christ Community Church (Nashville) “There is no commitment we will make as church planters of greater importance than living close to Jesus.  For church planting can become an idol factory; a prostitution ring; a cruel taskmaster; a breeding ground for addictions… we need church planters who will love Jesus with abandon, and [...]

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How to Become a Church-Planting Church

Jonathan McIntosh, Lead Pastor Christ City Church (Memphis) Next month, I get to work with a growing church to help them develop a program for church-planting interns – with the end goal being to start new churches. Granted, what is now a large church was a church plant at some point, so church-planting is a [...]

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