What are the ingredients to a “successful” church plant?
I’m meeting next week with a group of pastors/”church planting experts”, and we will be putting together some training materials that will hopefully equip thousands of church planters over the next few...
View ArticleA church within reach of every person on the planet
Last week, I had the privilege to spend a few days in Southern California working with leaders from the Leadership Academy of Saddleback Church and 8 other church planters/pastors from around the...
View ArticleGraystone Church RePLANT Time Line
For those of you who like to know the inside scoop, below is a big picture diagram of our Graystone RePLANT Time Line. I will be sharing more details about our ReLAUNCH tonight at the Small Group...
View ArticleA Few Surprises This Sunday at Graystone
There are more creative elements in this Sunday’s service at Graystone that ever before. I am excited about at least 7 different aspects of the service. There will be surprises around every corner....
View Article“I’d take a group of ordinary people devoted to an extraordinary God…”
Brian Houston, Founding and Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, wrote a recent post: 10 Principles of Church Planting and Expanding. All 10 principles are golden but #8 seemed to truly resonnate with...
View ArticleGraystone gave $10,000 to help start Radius Church in Dubuque, Iowa.
John and Cheryl Reeves and their 6 kids (ages 21-10) have moved to Dubuque, Iowa to start Radius Church. Dubuque is listed as the 9th least churched city in the US. Most of the other Top 10 Least...
View ArticleVideo Blog: God multiplied our $10,000 “seed of faith”.
Cool God-story…I had breakfast with John Reeves this morning. John is planting a church in Dubuque, Iowa. Graystone gave his church plant $10,000 at our 2013 Vision Night…Click here to see the video...
View ArticleLooking for a church in the Walnut Grove area?
Pastor Russ Butcher standing in front of the new church building. If you or someone you know is looking for a church in the Walnut Grove area, I have some exciting news. Church at the Grove is moving...
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