This discussion centers around the advantages to starting lean. Listen as Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen point out ways to avoid the "comparison trap" and shine a spotlight on how shopping local could be a tool in the growth of your church plant.

• Visioneering
• Discerning the Call
• Gathering
• Connecting with the Community

How do you measure the success of church planting endeavors? This episode is all about metrics. Listen in as hosts Jeff Hoglen and Steve Sjogren discuss ways to determine the health of your church, healthy leaders, and, wait for it... giving.
• The Grasshopper Myth
• Measuring Momentum
• Leadership Pipeline
• Three Metrics to NOT overlook

Steve and Jeff discuss some their favorite books as Church Planters.
• Knowing God
• Community of Kindness
• Church Zero
• Dinosaurs to Rabbits
• The E-Myth ...and more

In this episode, hosts Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen discuss 7 Character Traits of an Effective Church Planter.

In this episode, hosts Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen discuss pastors and their roles by definitions within a church plant. Listen as they offer you the freedom from the "less than" feeling of being a bi-vocational Pastor.

In this episode, hosts Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen discuss Sermon Preparation. Is it okay to use someone else's sermons?

In this episode, hosts Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen discuss how Church Planters can prepare for the long haul. Listen in as they consider developing a routine and ask the question, "Did you come to plant a church or to change a city?"

Cleaning toilets? Hosts Steve Sjogren and Jeff Hoglen discuss what it means to "Make Kindness Great Again. Plus lean, local outreach churches and church plants of any size can accomplish.

From answering the call to the roles of bi-vocational leaders, Steve and Jeff cover a lot of territory as they discuss the basics of church planting on today's episode.