Well the boot camp has been over for several days yet, but I still owe you one more post.  I had to leave early for a funeral and just now am finding time to post my final thoughts.  The last session was all about people.  How to recruit people, how many people you need, and how to manage them once they come.  Although this information was targeted to people starting churches and new ministries it is applicable to all people in ministry.  From a youth director to a senior pastor and from large churches to small churches.  Programs and meetings are not ministry: People are ministry! [Read more →]

To see part 1 of this series click here.

Today at the conference on starting new ministries the most important themes I picked out were 1) Know your mission field.  2)Work hard on first impressions. 3)Take care of yourself. [Read more →]

After day one of the new ministry boot camp in Dallas I have a “to do list” that is half a page long, three pages of notes, and a swirling mind.  There are so many ideas coming at me I’ve spent the last several hours processing.  I’ll leave some updates here on the blog and hope to start communication during the day on facebook.com/woodlawnyoungadults.  The purpose of the conference is to hear the best practices of starting new ministries.  Todays session was specifically geared to larger churches who are starting daughter churches, second campuses, or new ministries.  Things that stuck out was a conversation about DNA vs. fingerprints and how to build ownership in the project. [Read more →]