Here in Season 1, I'm focusing on the time of preparation prior to our arrival in Provo, Utah where we would launch our new church plant.

In this episode, I discuss how I expected—and assumed—our home church and pastor would be involved in our ministry but never verbalized those expectations. The result was confusion, frustration, and hurt, which could have all been avoided with a conversation.

At minute [06:12] I talk about my interview on the Beautiful + Believable podcast and the story of our moving to Utah. You can listen to it here.

At minute [06:25] I refer to the Micro Church Conference. You can learn more about that here.

Starting at minute [13:34] I recommend Serving as Senders by Neal Pirolo. You can get the most recent edition on Kindle Unlimited for FREE here.

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Here in Season 1, I'm focusing on the time of preparation prior to our arrival in Provo, Utah where we would launch our new church plant.

In this episode, I discuss personal fundraising and the mistake of making it entirely about money, focusing on reaching a numeric goal rather than connecting with the people and churches that gave.

At minute [20:25] I mention Nelson Searcy's book Maximize: How to Develop Extravagant Givers in Your Church. You can get a copy here.

At minute [27:01] I recommend Epistle.org for posting updates for ministry supporters.

At minute [28:16] I recommend Friend Raising: Building a Missionary Support Team that Lasts by Betty Barnett. You can get a copy here.

Since recording this episode, I have read The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising by Steve Shadrach. This is a great book explaining the biblical principles of support raising and a clear process for doing so today, as well as providing helpful worksheets and resources. You can get a copy here.

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Here again, in Season 1, I'm focusing on the time of preparation prior to our arrival in Provo, Utah where we would launch our new church plant.

In this episode, I discuss my failure to explore various church planting organizations.

At minute [06:39] I reference my interview on the Beautiful + Believable podcast and the story of my and Grayson's ending up in Utah. You can listen to it here.

At minute [06:51] I mention the Microchurch Conference. You can learn more about it here.

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Here in Season 1, I'm focusing on the time of preparation prior to our arrival in Provo, Utah where we would launch our new church plant.

In this episode, I discuss how I never personally made a disciple prior to moving to Utah and the erroneous mindset I held that preaching is the best or primary means by which disciples are made.

At minute [05:22] I talk about my interview on Shouts of Grace and the conversation I had with Steve Pierson about making disciples. You can listen to it here.

At minute [08:55] I mention preaching at a church in Cedar City, Utah. You can watch that message at True Life Center on YouTube here.

Starting at minute [21:00] I recommend examining all of the "one another" commands in the New Testament. This infographic is a great overview of those passages.

I did not mention this resource in this episode, but I would nonetheless recommend you check out this playlist on my YouTube channel of simple, easily reproducible discipleship tools.

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Welcome to Season 1! In this season I'll be focusing on the time of preparation prior to our arrival in Provo, Utah where we launched our new church plant.

In this episode, I discuss what was a fundamental problem that continued to trip me up for a number of years: I did not have a biblical ecclesiology. And because of that, I didn't have a clear target to aim for as we got started or a standard by which to assess our ministry once we had begun.

At minute [16:13] I reference my YouTube channel. You can subscribe to it here.

Starting at minute [18:04] I begin discussing the importance of understanding the functions of a healthy church. We are currently using a tool called the Church Circle to help us both aim for and assess biblical church health.

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After more than a decade of church planting in Utah, our journey has been anything but what we expected. From starting as a mobile church in a hotel conference center to merging with another plant, becoming multi-site, and eventually shifting to a house church network, I've learned a lot—and made more mistakes than I can count.

Through my story and those of other planters across the country, I aim to help you avoid the frustrations, heartaches, and missteps I faced. Whether you're just starting out or deep in the work, I hope to save you time, energy, and resources as you advance the Kingdom in your city.

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