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March 11, 2013 · 3:34 pm

One Church Launched

The very start of the service before the room filled up.

Eleven months ago, my wife, son and I relocated to Chandler, AZ to lead a nondenominational, parachute drop church plant.

One Church launched weekly worship services yesterday with 118 in attendance, 96 adults and 22 kids! (This photo was taken at the very beginning of the service before 3 more rows of people showed up.)

Our strategy has been to grow through word of mouth and social media, in addition to 30 grand opening signs placed around the city and our A-frame directional signs placed Saturday mornings. We tried targeted and saturation mail with a very low return. I will probably not use mail anymore in this area (direct mail worked well for me in Columbus, OH, however).

Leading up to the launch, we held six monthly preview services and a Christmas Eve service. In the first preview service last October, the total attendance was 43. In last months preview service, the total attendance was 73. So, we grew from 43 to 118 in six months.

We’ll see what the second week attendance is next Sunday. Let the emotional roller coaster begin!:)

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January 13, 2013 · 5:42 pm

Is Church Planting Declining in America?

The owner of a portable church equipment company told me recently that he is seeing a sharp decline in church planting.

He said that 80% of his clients are now megachurches starting multisite campuses.

Do you agree?

Is church planting (where the congregation starts from scratch) declining in North America?

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January 9, 2013 · 9:33 am

Launch: Prayer and Fasting Final Update

One Church and our partners devoted 30 days to prayer and fasting in December. We prayed that God would draw people to One Church who need our mission and values, and we prayed that One Church will be faithful to our call.

During the 30 days, we also asked One Church partners around the country to give to our $30in30 Campaign ($30,000 in 30 days).

We’re extremely thankful that at the final amount raised in December for our $30in30 campaign is just over $27,000! However, some donors gave early this month, bringing the total amount to exactly $30,000! The funds raised will be used to cover the publicity expenses to launch weekly One Church worship services on March 10.

Great days lie ahead!

Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support!

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December 30, 2012 · 6:37 pm

Launch: Prayer and Fasting Video 6

You can still help us meet our $30in30 goal ($30,000 in 30 days). We have less than $4,000 to go!

As long as your donation is postmarked by December 31, 2013, you will be able deduct your gift from your 2012 taxes. Or you can give conveniently online here.

Thank you for helping One Church to share the Gospel with our mission field!