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I like Jim Collins.

Built to Last and Good to Great are classics in business literature—full of transferable principles for fueling dynamic movements.

I’ve recently finished Good to Great and the Social Sectors, Jim’s contribution to what greatness looks like in the not-for-profit world. The good and great news is he rejects the notion that to be [...]

I came across this image of church planting almost twenty years ago. It has stayed with me all that time. Since then I’ve met, and even stayed in the home of Bob and Mary Hopkins who have championed the cause of church planting in Britain for two decades.
Today you can travel to Greece and visit [...]

The remarkable story of how the Southern Baptists are fueling indigenous church planting movements around the world.

Make sure you get the free pdf and buy the book here.

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john peters (centre) with his team
John Peters is the Rector of St Marys, an Anglican church in the heart of London. It began meeting in 1997 as an initiative of Holy Trinity Brompton. St Marys has grown to over 1400 people and the average age is around 26.

I attended the St Marys refresh conference [...]

His love is older than creation, yet younger than this morning’s dawn… a perpetual unwearied intercession for our souls which will still be pleading for us on the very day of judgment; to him who has your name written now across his heart, and will never in time or eternity let you go—to him who [...]

Every blogger should have a blogmeister. Mine is Alister Cameron. He got me started and he keeps me going—when I pester him.

He’s just updated his site. If you’re a blogger you may want to drop in and drool.

I’ve just realised, this is a blog post about a guy who blogs about bloggers. So if someone [...]

Greetings from Malmö, Sweden. A beautiful city just across the water from Copenhagen.

I’ve been here for Pionjär (Pioneer), a Swedish church planting conference. This morning I spoke at the Immanuelskyrkan on “Is this as good as it gets?”

I think this is my life message. You can listen in and download if you don’t mind a [...]

If you’ve been following this blog long enough you’ll remember “Barney” a missionary in an undisclosed Asian nation. His job is to mentor local workers who lead church planting movements.

Here’s some email traffic between us:

Stevo!

How did the planting conference go?

Good to hear about your Dad, PTL!

Our work is going well. To be honest the [...]

According to Christianity Today this man may be the most important person you don’t know.

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I met Steve Jones at the St Marys refresh conference and soon discovered he was a good candidate for 10 Questions. He’s planting a church out of one of the St Mary’s church plants. That makes St Mary’s a grandparent and Holy Trinity Brompton a great grandparent.

1. Tell me about your church plant?

I’m actually involved [...]