If you are planting a church, what should be your first priority?

What steps will you take to ensure that action plans and learnings from a training event will actually be implemented?

How will you know that time and resources invested in training staff, elders, small group leaders, pastors or church planters is effective?

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed. (Matthew 4:19-20)

Where do you spend most of your time?

This concept of missional embodiment is not new. For nearly two thousand years, followers of Jesus Christ have been practicing it.

My family, and particularly my son, has noticed that my hearing is not as good as it used to be. I think he’s right. (Am I actually admitting this?)

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We planted Lake Hills Church in North LA County in 1990.

Last month Larry Barker trained The Multiplication Workshop materials with a group of Philippine pastors via webcam. Last week he sent me a report of his follow-up briefing with these pastors as they implemented the training principles.