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By John Hernandez
VCF Tempe
Imagine a church planter who is in the heat of the battle. He and his team have launched and now they are in the church planting zone where a mixture of emotions is the norm. The best of times and yes, difficult times…at any given point the church planter can be sucked away by that downward moving whirlpool of subjectivity. In that unique experience called planting a…
By Pete Kennedy
Vineyard Baton Rouge
Preparing a church planter is much like trying to prepare one of your children to face everything in life correctly as you send them out from under the protection of your covering – a difficult task for sure. Basically, I believe we can do with children the very best we can do, but being prepared for “everything” before sending out your child is not going to…
By Doug Anderson
VCF Clear Lake
The reality of the state of church planting in the Southwest Region is mixed. On one hand the future is bright and full of opportunities and the vision for church planting in the hearts of churches and planters is greater than ever. On the other hand we are seeing new plants struggle and fail and weaknesses in our church planting process. In this issue of the…
By Brian T. Anderson
Senior Pastor
VCNP
In my dreams…there would be dozens of new churches planted in the next few years in the Southwest Region. They would be Christ-centered churches, planted out of conviction, empowered by the Spirit, and with demonstration of the power of God’s Kingdom. We would plant churches which are doing what they see the Father doing.
We would see churches which…
by David Riefenberg
Vineyard Crossroads El Paso
1st of all, that urge, or vision, or difficult-to-describe feeling of excitement that you may be experiencing is part of something really big. Church planting is the primary method the Holy Spirit uses to build the Church, and it is the most effective way to make disciples of Jesus. God loves church planting! Ultimately, it’s God who plants…
By Andy Fauss
Vineyard Church of Tyler
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In the Vineyard we value “starting new churches” way, way up there alongside the high priority of “worship,” the theological grid of “the Kingdom,” the foundational value of “the Word,” and the ‘don’t save the whole world and lose your own soul’ value of “FAMILIES.” Maybe you can’t drive through town without envisioning a new Vineyard church…
By George Phifer
VCF Spring
The cost of church planting is something we don’t think or plan enough for. Church planting parallels the experience of families having a new baby – and they mimic what we call postpartum depression. Postpartum means after birth and depression means sadness, low in spirit and energy and discouragement. The big difference is people get to keep the baby; churches…
By Janice Tarleton
Vineyard Church Anthem
""“For better, for worse, For richer, for poorer, In sickness and in health…”
Maybe marriage vows for Christians – or at least Vineyardites – should include “in church planting.” Not that it would really prepare you for possible perils ahead, but at least you could say you were warned.
Hands down, church planting has been the biggest challenge of our…
