It is not an easy thing to raise money. Hah, I know this revelation probably finds you with your mouth wide open and scratching your head, but it’s true. Raising money is a hard thing to do, especially when the only thing you have to offer is a vision of what the future will [...]
I just got back from a lunch with a good friend at BCC. I was telling him how the funding that we had been hoping to get had fallen through, see this post, and how bummed out I was. He started to tell me how his kids had decided, after my last sermon, that they wanted [...]
John 3:30. Perhaps there is nothing more humbling than planting a church (surely there is - like having your skirt caught by the wind or something of that nature). The problem with church planting is that the humblings (that’s my own personal word) keep coming. They come because there is very little about the process that [...]
This is a quick look video at the state of the American church - it is very informative and very shocking. This is why we need new churches! If you have not yet partnered with Jenni and I to plant Epic Church and would like a simple method to do so, click on this link [...]
I just heard Ed Stetzer on the Planting Channel talking about some statistics about the North American Church. One of the things he said was that North America is the only continent where the Gospel is losing ground rather than advancing.  He said most church growth has been transfer growth. We have to be planting [...]
So, the question is, “How do you connect through Epic Church?” There are several ways you can connect with people at Epic Church. Initially you can join us on our Launch Team. Once Jenni and I move to Andover we will be meeting weekly with a group of committed families and individuals to talk about how [...]
I have had several people who have asked me about Church Planting and what we will do if it doesn’t work, or we don’t raise enough money. I understand that question well, it is a fear that can easily plague a person. I recently went on a prayer walk and just cried [...]
Last night I was reading the Revelation of John, I read these words Jesus spoke to the Church in Ephesus: Revelation 2:4-5 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. I started thinking about how I lived [...]
The average successful Church Plant will cost a minimum of $300,000 over a three year period. My figures are closer to $500,000. The question may cross your mind as it does mine: “Why so much?” The answer lies in the complexity of starting a Church, from scratch, that is able to maintain [...]
Yesterday, Jenni and I went to Salina to interview with CEA of Kansas (they are a church planting organization that would support Jenni and I on this venture of planting a new church). Jenni and I had both talked about how tight money has been lately and how we didn’t really know how we [...]
 A new study shows “22 percent of Americans say they NEVER (emphasis mine) go to church, the highest percentage ever recorded by the General Social Survey, conducted every two years by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago” - and that is up from 17 percent in 2004. A recent cover of Rev! [...]
Jenni and I stopped in Wal-Mart today to talk with a friend from Bible Christian today. She was telling us how she had grown up at BCC (she has been there since a baby) and remembers going to Church in an old school building before the church had its own building. It [...]
