I haven’t written about church planting in a while, but I continue to have conversations with planters in the middle of it, as well as with pastors considering leaving their established churches to start new ones. One such conversation got me to thinking about the different reasons for planting a church. Anytime we start discussing […]

The final lesson I mentioned in a previous post was that there are some things about yourself (and God) you’ll never know until you step out in faith and try something new. Many who watched Fulcrum from afar have had a hard time understanding what went wrong. We seemed to have everything a new church […]

I’ve promised myself that I’m not going to spend too much time on this blog rehashing why Fulcrum didn’t work out. However, I think it will be therapeutic for me, and hopefully beneficial to some of you, to share some of the lessons I’ve learned from this experience. Before I get into the lessons, let […]

Yesterday I met with The Fulcrum Community Management Team in Midland, Texas. The team consists of representatives from the various churches and organizations that have been supporting us in this endeavor. The purpose of our meeting was to formally and officially bring an end to the Fulcrum Community. This came after several weeks of discernment […]

I’ve always tried to be honest on this blog, especially when it comes to my experiences in either trying to turn around an existing church, or more recently, trying to launch a new church in the North Austin area. If I’m being honest, it is much easier to be honest when things are going well. […]

I’ve been encouraged by several readers to keep posting some of the things we’re learning from this experience of launching The Fulcrum Community. By nature I love to share what I’m learning, so I’m happy to do so. As I’ve written elsewhere, we’ve been hesitant to move too quickly into launching a weekly large group […]

Back in March I asked the question: How Necessary is the Weekly Worship Gathering? We had a good discussion in the comments. Several months later, I find myself making plans for September 12th when The Fulcrum Community will launch weekly large group gatherings. In a future post, I’ll give my reasons for why a weekly […]

I just sent out the latest version of The Fulcrum Community Newsletter. Below is a snippet that I’ve adapted for the blog. We moved to Austin one year ago. As years go, this last one passed in a hurry. Looking back on it, it is easy to break it down into two clearly defined stages. […]