Let’s Be Bold About Multiplying Congregations in the CMBA
2019 is a year for launching a church planting movement within the Columbia Metro Baptist Association fellowship area. I have been spending time thinking, talking, and praying about various aspects of our Multiplying Congregations strategy, and I want to share some insights with you. We must be bold! I want to give voice to a […]
Church Planting is at the Heart of George Bullard’s Ministry
Church planting can work when church planters start churches. But the deep, rich, exponential Kingdom growth occurs when churches plant churches – and that includes satellite campuses and non-traditional plants like home churches, workplace churches, and even churches meeting over wings at a local restaurant. “We probably don’t need a lot more churches that are […]
Let’s Take a Look at our Congregational Multiplication Opportunities
Insights on Congregational Multiplication from George Bullard 2019 is a year for launching a church planting movement within the Columbia Metro Baptist Association fellowship area. I have been spending time thinking, talking, and praying about various aspects of our Multiplying Congregations strategy, and I want to share some insights with you. We must be bold! […]
Planning for Your Church’s Financial Future – Columbia Metro Connection – Episode #012
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the […]
I Know a Place, a People Group, or a Congregation
One beginning point for the starting of a new congregational expression is to pull together a gathering of spiritually passionate people in your church. Get them to talk about, engage in research, and pray about a geographic place such as a neighborhood, community, or town, or a specific demographic or lifestyle group of people among […]
Urban Ministry – Columbia Metro Connection – Episode #011
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions at Columbia Metro Baptist Association, Strategic Leadership Coach, Lead Missiologist, and Virtuoso of all things church-related. […]
Can You Help Prove Me Wrong? Let Me Know If You Want to Start a New Congregational Expression!
A Request from George Bullard! During a recent gathering of our Visionary Leadership Community (the group formerly known as the Administrative Team), one community member asked me how many of our almost 100 churches would be interested in starting a new congregational expression. I did not know the answer to that question, but my guess […]
In Church Planting It Should Be Pull Not Push, and Receive Not Send—Part Two
Continuing from part one, I have certain convictions I want to test. In some I am a contrarian to the euphoria and group-think expressed in the Exponential gathering. This post says more about the concept from part one that churches should plant and multiply churches. Another way to say this is that churches should plant […]
In Church Planting It Should Be Pull Not Push, and Receive Not Send—Part One
This is my 54th year to be involved in planting new congregations. I helped my parents plant a congregation when I was 15 and planted my first congregation myself when I was 19. That was after spending the first 15 years of my life in the home of church planters. My parents were planting a […]