Category: Article

November 4, 2014
How Do We Get Our Churches to Embrace Change and Move Forward?

How do we implement a vision for reaching lost people in Scotland? Local congregations need to face up to the facts on the ground. Scotland is less than 2% Christian. Even in the good old days it was never more than 10%, but society felt more Christian. Christians felt like they were the moral majority […]

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November 3, 2014
How Can the Church Respond to 21st Century Scotland? (1)

Scotland is changing. The Scotland of 30 years ago is not the Scotland of today. The death of manufacturing and the coal-mining industry, coupled with the rise in new technologies, have changed our employment landscape forever. We are now, more than ever, a multicultural nation with people flocking to our shores from every continent on […]

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October 22, 2014
Learn About Our New Church Plant in Dundee

Andy & Lauren Mathieson have recently moved to Lochee, a poor community in the city of Dundee. The following film introduces them, the area, and the current opportunities we have within that community. We are praying that God will revitalise this work and we will have a growing gospel-centred church over the coming years. Please […]

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October 20, 2014
Is the Bible Too Complicated for Those Who Struggle to Read?

When I was 18 or 19, I learned how to read books. I mean really read them. Prior to that, my reading had been limited to the menu in a restaurant or the football results on the TV. But, then I read this one book and discovered that I really loved it. I began to […]

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October 15, 2014
Church Planting Basics: Growing and Developing a Team

How will you grow and disciple your launch team, leaders, and new believers? This may seem like a premature question if all you’ve currently done is move into an area and are still in the information gathering phase. But a good planter is always thinking ahead. As followers of Jesus Christ, we never get to […]

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October 13, 2014
Church Planting Basics: Make Sure You're Not too Welcoming!

The early stages of forming a launch group for a new church are particularly vulnerable. Once word gets around that something ‘new’ is starting, people will want to become a part of it. This is both good and bad. It is good if you attract the right sort of people. They are very few and […]

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October 6, 2014
Church Planting Basics: How Will You Gather People?

There are a number of models for gathering people. For instance, will you develop a small or large group model? Small groups permit a closer, more relational focus, which allows small group leaders to develop more easily. Large groups allow the focus to be on the planter who directs the programs, projects, and systems. It […]

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October 3, 2014
Does Our Church Planting Strategy Include Dying?

What is the name of the church going to be? Where is the church going to meet? What is the church launch going to look like? How will you build relationships in the community? What will missional living look like? How will you fund the church plant? What will the statement of faith be? Who […]

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October 2, 2014
Church Planting Basics: Selecting Your Launch Team and Future Leaders

These are two separate issues. A start-up team, also known as a launch team (avoid the term core group), is composed of those persons who initially partner with the planter to start a new church. This team will do the hard work, including community research, completing surveys, preparing materials, speaking with unbelievers, building relationships, initiating discussions, […]

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September 30, 2014
What's Best Next? The Gospel and Getting Things Done

I picked this up to read and a friend immediately commented: “Is that one of those self-help books? What are you doing reading that?” I responded that I didn’t think it was, but would let them know when I’d read it. With a recommendation list that includes a practical ‘who’s who’ of the modern Evangelical […]

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