Church Planting

Advance Church Planting

Six years ago, the Toronto executive of our denomination invited our region’s church planting director to lunch. We wanted to talk about church planting in Toronto, a city that is growing by

Hard Soil?

It was only a week ago that I preached a sermon that talked about people who are resistant to the gospel. I posed what I thought was a good series of questions: How

Twenty Lessons in Church Planting

We celebrated our second anniversary as a church plant this past weekend. I’ve spent two decades as pastor of established churches, and only a few years (including pre-launch work) as a church

Evangelism: Knowledge and Openness

You may have heard of the Engel Scale, which measures the journey from no knowledge of God to spiritual maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Frank Gray has modified the Engel Scale

Missing What’s Right in Front of Me

We had a Grand Opening for our new location as a church plant this past Sunday. We invited hundreds of people from the community. Our people stood out in the rain inviting people