Over a year ago, my brother Jon Chasteen, who helped plant Redemption Hill church in Boston, MA, and I were talking about some of the common factors of failed church plants. As we engaged in conversation, we observed that some of the top killers of church plants are: lack of a unified vision ...
Of all of the responsibilities that a pastor has on his plate, the oversight of the church staff is crucial. It is not an overstatement that the church staff can “make or break” a pastor’s ministry. Having an effective and healthy staff is an asset to the congregation as they ...
It was two weeks before Christmas and we had scheduled our first Christmas party as a team. I wastrying to finish up last minute school work, working 40 hrs a week, teaching the Sunday before, andtrying to raise money for our church plant. I had a lot on my plate and was late getting the ...
There is a wide range of methodological guides and strategies available for the Church Planter today. There are programs that condense volumes of literature, making entire libraries portable. And there are tools that enable a Church Planter to, in effect, take a birds-eye view of their target ...