Church Planting
Principles of Portability – #6 Breaking Down Invisible Barriers
Being a portable church presents challenges that a permanent venue often doesn’t have. However it also creates SO MANY other good possibilities that permanent churches don’t have. As we wrap up the last of this 6 week series on Principles of Portability, we hope you have learned that most all of the challenges of portability…
Read MorePrinciples of Portability – #5 Volunteers are your most valuable asset
3 surprising key learnings from 26+ years of portability! The first church plant I was a part of as a leader, I gave an outpouring of encouragement, handed out nice gifts of appreciation, and threw grand celebration meals/events. I certainly thought I was valuing the volunteer! But it wasn’t until the next plant, years later…
Read MorePrinciples of Portability – #4 System Reproducibility
Reproducibility! This is a big deal and likely the most important principle to know… There may be many reasons you are going to be a portable church. You might be a new church plant, a new campus, selling your building because you outgrew it or maybe due to COVID-19 you’re in-between buildings. Or maybe you’ve…
Read MorePrinciples of Portability – #3 Ease of Use
We work multiple conferences every year. At every one we go to inevitably we are approached by a pastor that says “I remember portable… we’ll never do that again”. It kills us hearing that as we know it just didn’t have to be that way! After asking why, the answers are common. “It took too…
Read MorePrinciples of Portability – #2 Measure Cubic Volume
If you are starting a church, there are so many things to consider you may not even know where to start… When purchasing equipment for your portable church, with all the financial pressures a church planter faces, it is easy to focus only on economics. In truth, your equipment purchases must not only reflect the…
Read MorePrinciples of Portability – #1 Consider the Weight
Launching a church is always filled with excitement! Setting up portably and weekly can and should be fun. However building the right system to keep volunteers engaged and set up fun is big challenge. This 6 part blog series dives into the top (and most important) things to consider before going portable. While there are…
Read More7 Tips to Help Church Planters Choose the Right Location
Finding the right location to launch is crucial for any church plant. After all, the church location and venue play a key role in how effectively your church plant reaches and engages the community. Are you looking for the ideal place to launch your church? Well, look no further! Here are seven tips to help…
Read More30 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Venues for Your Mobile Church
Looking at venues for your mobile church? Choosing the right venue for your church launch is absolutely crucial! The venue for your mobile church not only plays a key role in determining how you engage the community, but also sets the pace for church growth. Ron Sylvia pastor of Church @ The Springs in Ocala,…
Read MoreVirtual Consultations
New times provide new opportunities… Consults and a revamped process! COVID-19 is shutting many things down, but the church is continually shifting, amping up, and thinking ahead for the future… In this future planning, church campusing and planting continues to drive forward! Planning for 2020 was already strong headed into this crisis, and while…
Read MoreA Time to Thrive & Innovate
Innovative churches will win after this crisis So much discussion right now is being centered around one defining question… “What is the future of the church is going to look like?” As we plan for that future, we do so with the understanding that society will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Church will…
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