Training & Resources
Church
Planting.
Thirteen years, three cities, one conviction. Resources for the pastors and leaders called to plant churches in the places everyone else has written off.
The Heart of It
My wife Georgie and I planted FOUNT Church in Brooklyn in 2013 with five people and a Dinner Party. Since then we've watched God build what we could not have imagined. Five locations across the boroughs of New York before COVID, a rebuild after, and church plants in Paris and Berlin that are now self sustaining and thriving in their own way.
Three of the most challenging cities in the Western world. Three places everyone said the church couldn't take root. And in each one, God has done what only God can do.
The lessons from those thirteen years (the theology, the practices, the failures, the things we would do again, the things we would never) are what I want to share here. If you're called to plant a church, or to help plant one, or to pastor one through its hardest seasons, my prayer is that what we've learned would serve you.
Part One
Foundation
The calling, character, and preparation required before you plant.
01
The Beginning
Why plant a church? The theological foundations and personal calling that must come before strategy, location, or team.
02
The Person
Who should plant a church? The character, gifting, and preparation required for the unique challenges of church planting.
03
Personal Health
How to maintain spiritual, emotional, and relational health through the intense seasons of church planting.
Part Two
The Work
Strategy, culture, and reaching the communities God has called you to serve.
04
Strategy
Developing a sustainable approach to church planting that fits your context, calling, and community.
05
Culture
Creating and sustaining the cultural DNA that will define your church for generations to come.
06
Reach
Building authentic relationships and gospel conversations in communities that don't know they need church.
Part Three
Sustainability
Building teams, systems, and churches that will thrive for generations.
07
People
Finding, developing, and leading the core team that will plant the church alongside you.
08
Practical
The nuts and bolts of church planting: finances, legal structure, systems, and operational realities.
09
Generations
Building a church that will outlast its founder and continue to plant churches for generations.
10
Trials
Walking through the inevitable difficulties, conflicts, and seasons of discouragement in church planting.
Start Here
Begin at the
beginning.
The most important chapter is the first one. Before strategy, before team, before location, you need to be clear on the why. Why plant a church? Why this calling? Why you?
Start there, and work through each chapter in order. This is thirteen years of learning, failure, and God's faithfulness distilled into the essentials.