Tim King Leadership

Church Planting? Earlier this week I sat in the office of a young man- who is not yet 30, but who I believe is destined to be a great leader in the church here in the United Kingdom. We were discussing amongst other things my last blog and church planting. It amused me to hear that when I used the words church plant he used words such as extension service, or multiple campuses. The principle may be the same but the language has changed. It got me thinking even more about how we grow God’s Kingdom, the principles may be the same but if language has changed so too has the way we establish new churches. The culture of church planting has changed. It is my opinion that we do not have enough churches, we need more, lots more. I am not talking about denominations, we have enough of those. What I am talking about is young vibrant, contemporary churches, church that is relevant to community and the message of the cross. Whatever the language we use - multi site churches, extensi...

To pastor or plant that is the question? For some time now I have been mulling over in my mind the concepts of church planting verses the idea of taking on an already existing church. I do this because of the issues that arise from taking on an existing church and the problems that inevitably arise from such a venture. Recently I heard of a friend, who has handed in his notice at his church, he had been there just over two years. He was leaving - so he has said, for personal reasons. I don’t think he was leaving because he had not succeeded or had failed in his vision and plans. Knowing the man as I do, I know he has successfully planted and grown two other churches in his time in ministry and handed them over to younger men who have taken them on to greater things. In this blog then, I would like to look at the issues of church placement, as I would put it, as opposed to church planting. This I will discuss in my next blog, when I will look at the advantages of churc...