2018 Reflection
2018 Reflection We started Intentional Churches with a dream to help 1,000 local churches a year renew a plan to reach 1,000,000 people for Christ. Our Intentional Growth Planning system is in use around the world to increase the Gospel impact of hundreds of churches and organizations. God is moving and we are following as […]
BIG Days, Baby Steps
BIG Days, Baby Steps There’s a BIG attendance day coming at your church. Have you thought about how you plan to move newcomers from the big service into the life of your church and ultimately into a spiritual journey? IC Founder Bart Rendel challenges your team to analyze the steps your church currently has in […]
Courageous Visions from Kentucky General Baptists
Courageous Visions from Kentucky General Baptists Just across the Ohio River from downtown Evansville, IN you’ll find Henderson County, KY. Recently this was the site of an awesome gathering of Kentucky General Baptist church teams who attended our Intentional Churches Unleash Workshop. The Intentional Churches team had the privilege of partnering with four courageous churches. […]
Welcoming Four New Team Members
Welcoming Four New Team Members Las Vegas, NV — Four new team members are joining the IC Coaching staff adding 88 years of ministry expertise. New team members joined IC Founders Doug Parks and Bart Rendel last week in Las Vegas for a training summit to become certified in Intentional GrowthPlanning. Over the past […]
Big Vision in a Small Town
Big Vision in a Small Town For 11 years, Journey Church met in the campus student center in the college town of Murray, KY. Journey had grown steadily 15% each year until one day, there was no more room. They were out of adult space, out of children’s space, and out of parking space as […]
Immediate Impact in Salt Lake City
Immediate Impact in Salt Lake City Confession time. Have you ever typed ‘how to grow my church’ into your search engine? You’re not alone. In fact, two of the most searched topics in the church internet world are ‘how to grow my church’ and ‘how to reach my community.’ At the heart of this search […]
12 Bedrock Beliefs of IC & Intentional GrowthPlanning
12 Bedrock Beliefs of IC & Intentional GrowthPlanning I was recently updating some documentation for Intentional GrowthPlaning and wrote out these foundational ideas that anchor our work with local churches. I realized we probably have 20 or more of the anchoring ideas, but I’ll spare you all twenty and give you the biggies! If you […]
Who is “The One” for Your Church?
Who is “The One” for Your Church? I have a terrible habit of losing things. My phone can be in my hand one minute and the next swallowed up by time and space. Of course, it’s always on silent, so calling it never helps me find it. It’s embarrassing the number of times I […]
7 Reasons the Exponential Conference Stirs Me Up
7 Reasons the Exponential Conference Stirs Me Up For the past three years now, I’ve had the privilege of attending the Exponential East Conference. Exponential is an event designed to inspire, encourage and equip church leaders who want to lead and plant multiplying churches. I go to represent Intentional Church’s work to grow the impact […]
Clarity for Churches Under 500
Clarity for Churches Under 500 Something exciting happened this week at Intentional Churches. With the help of Southside Church of Christ, Southeast Christian Church, and Dave Elshaug, we launched our first ever Intentional GrowthPlan Cohort for churches under 500 in average weekend attendance. These two great churches and Dave will be working through a plan […]
